1. DATI TIME GIIOUP Se.rt,ember S8 OlOOZ I. LOCATION 11. CONCLUSION 5. LENGTH Ofl OIIEitYATION 11. lltll' IUMMAitY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE 0' OlllltVATION Gft)und-Via ca. 1 7. COUitll 9. PHYSICAL EYIDINCI cauoed by an 41/c 11, 1ft the fellewlftt -. thet , ... the,... Plect A" Oft I~ t:urvd 16M te ahew he. hlth the .a.~ect the herla (akyiiM) wheft '~ ""' lt. P e "I" the ... II ,.., ,..._hew hlth the eltlect wee the hl (alcyllne) when,., lost t~aw it. Ploce an "A' Oft the co., 2L. picture will ahow the that the.oblect or obiecta mode. P.loee an .. A"' at the MtiMI:tg ot the path, a "8" Cit the ...., of the path, ancl ehow _, In .flrectlon during the courae, While l waa watching the "atar" it moved alishtly to the weat (m, right); then I aaw it in silhouette, as it were, a tiny apark of light moving away from the atar cluster and acroaa the open aky in a seemingly northerly.direction; however, a change in the light 29. II' tMre waa ! THAN ONieltlect, then how nr there? :.: =---------- picture of ther anct put an., .. to 5how the .firection that they were trovoliftl. '''" thla, alll oltject w... If tlve <ate .,_,., an4 loc elee with. you at the tiN you the ol.iect? (Circle OnJ. 31.1 IF you YES, cli4 they the oltject too? (Circle One) 31.2 PIHH llat their ncHMI ancl 32. Plea 11ve. the fol lon about yow~elf: Aa of March 1/65: Washington IMicate nr .WI llnforMion lnclu41,. Clhr a,.cll .,., which mitht be pert Occupation: legal secretary - have good eight and hearing. 33. When ...., to wh-cllcl you thctt you ...., the late . January 1965 in response to an article in the paper inviting reports on UPO sighting&, I wrote for the first time to "Operation Blue Book". U. ...,.,..,. Which ,., ,_, _, which Ia not In the apeclflc ,.Inti ef the I had been aitt for about 10 minute on the 2nd floor balcony of my then home near Cathedral Avenue, Washington, D.C., between 8-8:30 p.m. oa.niaht in mid to late September, 1958 (a , I read later, when there had been flurry of report of uro object sighted). A number of times I had glanced at a cluater of atara in the aouthweatern sky; finally, for no particular reason, my aaae fixed on one of the t beautiful of these and I stared at it steadily for a lona ti .. , at leaat a minimum of. a minute. Then, conaidering the length of time I hacl bad it under observation, I wu shocked to see it 111ove slightly to the west (-r riaht) and then,u I watched it for 7 or 8 aeconda,continue across the sky in an apparently M.W. or northerly direction. S increase in the light, however, e me realize it was coming in m direction (northeasterly) and I jumped to my feet in great excitement (like an Indian spotting the first sail on the horizon) to watch it pass. It came up fast through the night like a small lamp and passed awiftly and silently almost directly overhead,at the heighth, I. thought, of a com- mercial plane. I tried to discover some outline of the object, some smaller lights along the aide, or the sound of a motor, all with negative results -it just sped by with a kind of characteristic motion of ita own At the time, I thought it "'Jit have been some airforce "secret device" or a plane ao blih ln the stratoapbere that I could not catch the sound of its engines but I auppoae now it was a aatellite or perhapa Sputnik I that the Russians put up in 1957,althoulh at the ti I did not aaaociate with a sputnik -it seemed too close at han~ and there were no report or t tables in the paper of ita passing. It vaa extraordinary but not frightenina -have you any idea of what it was precisely 'that I aaw? 1111814JIItcla' J) c .. l&bt!DI whtab to tbe Air l'ofte ot u ob.1ftat ouene41D S. to .aD7 obenatioa or Ntelllte or aircraft. Dle chtratlOD of ooe 111DUte 1 more ft .... vitb an 'Dle duration ot tltcbt. the am-aNDOe are a 1D accord with a atellite W1 thcut 8ll t:I.M ot tbe Spltnik tellite. Bow~er, the data 1a more lD with 8D ~ a b1sb t171D1 A , the ot "-1. 8pecltiC ~ .. 81Donel.7, NaJar' UBA1' Cb1et, Pro3ect Blue Bcok Project Blue Book Information Officer RQ USAI' (SAP-OIBP) Waahington, Dear Sire: Waahington 6, D.C. January 28, 1965 Although I am late in bringing this to your attention, I saw an object in mid or late September, 1958, for which I would appreciate an explanation,-tf -you have one. - -- the time I saw this ob~ect, I itting just at nightfall on the upper balcony of my (then) home , just north of the Sheraton-Park Hotel. I was gazing in a southwesterly direction at the lights of planes coming in to National Airport and also at two or three stars that were rather low in the southwestern sky. Finally, my aaze fixed on one brilliant star, like the Evening Star, and I stared at it for a full minute or. longer. Suddenly I was astounded to realize that it was not a star but a moving light coming in my direction. I jumped up in, I might say, great excitement because I felt I was looking at aomething extraordinary and that it would pass directly overhead. Aa it nearer, I strained my ears to catch the sound of a motor or aome outline of the object to which it was attached. However, it just came on swiftly, pewerfully, and silently at about the speed of a fast plane. There was nothing more than the light, which did not appear to increase in size as it came toward me or cast any illumination out from it, nor ,Ji.d it have a tail as a comet would have. Once it passed over- head,the roof of the house shut it out from view and it disappeared in a alightly northeasterly direction. I could not say whether it was a a 1 light that had passed at about the heighth of a plane, or a much larger light but very far away in space. The following week, I read in the newspaper that there had been qui~e a flurry of reports of unknown objects sighted that particular week in which I noted this light. I have always been a scoffer at the "little men from Mars" people. However, there was not a full moon at the time -if any, it was in the first quarter -to illuminate a paaaina object, but it might have been the sputnik the Russians launched in 1957 atill circling the earth.}~at troubled me about this light was whether it would be a hazard to aviation but then I decided it would be juat aa much a hazard to the planes of a foreign power, so that could not have been ita purpose Very truly yours Vuhf.Daton , . D.C. Project Blue Book IDfor.atloa Officer BV USAP (SAP-oiBP) Vaahlnaton, D. c. 20330 Dear lllae In order tor the Air l'oroe to evaluate your report ot an unldent1t1e4 tlrtns objeot, the attaohed f!D JOr.m 164 ahould be oompleted aa tullJ poaa1ble and returJled to thla ottloe. The Alr J'oroe w111 evaluate the report, and 70u wlll be advlaed ot the t1nd1n1 81noere1J, Publ1o Into~ tion Division Ott1oe ot Into tion riD Jlorm 164 (aa of March 1, 1965, my address Department of the Air Porce Office of the Secretary United States Air Force VASBDCilON, D. C. 20330 U.S. All POICI TICHMICAL IMIOIMATI014 Thla .,.atlonnaire haa ..._ that you cen eive the u.s. Air f01ce much lnforMtlon poaalble lnt the unlclentlfied aerial phe that you tu1ve ob1ente1i. PIHH try to IIMif'Y .,.a tiona you pol 1 ib ly con. The lnfornmlon that yw give wi U M uiM f purpoaes. I Y noN will not be u1ed in c or.nec;tion with any statetneftt :1, conclualona, or publications without your permlaalon. We requeat thla per1onal lnformotlon 1e that If It Ia .. meet neceaaary, w-, contact you for further cletalla. 41cl you IM the obiect? Third or fourth week of Septellber, 1958. (Circle Ottel: A.M. (Circle One}: Gi) Eoatem b. Central c. Mountain cl. Pacific (Circle \)nel: ~Doyllght Sa\in9 It, StMdard City., Tewn ol.lect In alght? (T Certain @Fairly certain c. Not very 1ure cl. Ju at a gueaa 5.1 How waa tliM In al~t determined? ~ ....... .ca.J-L .... ~u.u.-------- 5.2 Waa oltiect In 1ight continuously? Vel X I realized i 6. What waa the condition of the alcy? lt. Cloucly ---~Bright -i.e., not cloudy but not moonlit. 7. IF rau the oltiect clurlng DAYLIGHT, where (Circle O.J: 1 the SUN locotecl you look~ ot the ict? 4. To your left L IF rou the olttect t1t NIGHT, wht1t w ,., IMitlce ccmlnt the STARS_, MOON? L 1 STARS (Circle One}: L2 MOON (Circle 0.1: Dull ....... litht No ...,.light -pitch wlc 9. WMt were the 10. The obiect conclltlona the tiiH ,., HW the oltiect? (Circle Ottel: d, I 0 light 11. If It light, then thelwlthfet at? (Circle Otte}: o. Brl_.ter 11.1 c....,. to.-c-.. oltlect: Like a star when first sighted, approached more'like a small lamp of the kind used by railway men 12. The edgea of the ~ect then as it to signal. (Circle One}: Fuaay llurre4 @Li .. a.lwlght at c. Sharply outlined d. Don't ber Did tho cbiert: (Circle One for each queatlon) . first s~ted only.) Appear to stancl atilt at cl. Glveoff ..... f lwlghtneat? .. Floth fllcl.r? h. Dla.,..Gncl * It juat moved away from the star cluster -the words"apeed up and ruah" aren't appropriate aa I firat aaw it. 1 .. 014 the olaiect ell while you were .,..atchlng it? t~ ao, how? It was in siaht continuously fro the time I had been lookina at it as a star, then began to move across the aky, firat like a briaht spark, but as it approached nearer more like a small lamp. It disappeared beyond the roof above me so I could not follow its flight from the back. 15. 014 the obiect (Circle One): at any time, pticulorlr a cloud? Don't Know. IF you anaweted Yf::S, then tll what 16. Diet the oltJNt In front of ..,..thing at any time, particularly a cloud? (Circle Onel: Yea Don't Know. 17 . Tell in a few worda the following thinga about the obiect: a. Sound No sound -it moved very silently. 1.. Color White 18. We wlah to lcnow the angular ai&e. Hold a matdt aticlc ot MUch of the obiect ia covered by the heacl of the ,..atch. how much of the object would have been s length in u,.. with a lcnown ubiect ant4 n'l'l - If you had perforn1ed this experiment at lh tirN.; .;f 'he by the match head? Since I saw it firat as a star, I think it would have been entirely covered by a 19. a picture that will ahow the ahape of the oblect or ol;iecta. Label and include In your sketch any deta.;la of the oblect that you aaw .. uch aa wlnga, alona, etc., ancleapecfally exhaust trail a or vapor trail a. Place an row beaide the drawing to show the direction the obiect was moving. concerning its There is nothing I can draJ -as I said, I saw it first for a considerable length. of t u a bright star -then aa it approached nearer, it appeared to lose s01ae of ita sparkle and bee more like 1 11 1 like liaht speedina by. My poaition ,-. 1), Do you thinlc you COft estl (Circle One} the spHd of the obiect? YES, then what speed woulcl you eathr.ate't The speed.~..! a very fast 'jet fighter. 21. Do you thinlc you can estl (Circle OM) how for away from you the obiect was? IF you answered YES, then how far away woulcl you say it was? At !...R!~e 's height 22. Where were yau located when yau saw the ob(ect? 23. Were yo-~ (Citcle One} (C ire le One J: In the business section of a city? o. anslcle 0 IM.ilding <t) Ira the residential s.ectic.ea ~; o city? b. In a cor c. In opn countryAide? ()Outdoors Near an oirfield? d. In an airplane (type) Flying over a city? Fly;ng over open country? 2.. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, the" complete tf:te followil.g questions: 2.1 What direction w.re you (Circle One} f. South It 2~.2 How fast you lliOYing? .miles per hour. 2._3 Dlcl you sta, at -, (Circle One} while you looking at the obiect? Dlcl you observe the oblect through any of the followlno? Eyeglasses e. Binoculars Sun glaaael Yes f. Telescope Windshield Theodolite Window glass 26. In that you can give aa c a picture aa possible of what you saw, clescribe in your own worcls a COftUftOII oliect or oliecta which, when placed up In the ally, woulclglve the appearance the oliect which you aovr Firat, a star like the Evening Star, but as it c speeding in my direction it became like a 11 without dazzle or radiating beams, like a street 1 of the globe variety, seen several blocks away, .or as a railway worker's