3. OATETIME GROUP S.. PHOTOS 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION "-TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~'\.Ground Vi suol 0 Air-Visual ~icr i n t 8. NUMBER OfODJECTS 0 Ground-Rodor 0 Air-Intercept Radar 11. COMMENTS CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon Probably Bolloon Possibly Balloon Wos Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft ~ Was Astronomical Meteor 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Ver~ wh1~e bright sphere w/ligl1ts lik iJOr cho:!.e s w/short redd ~sh tai 1 1 ike a rocke t o~)served fm -ship to come ou1: Sighting characteristic of meteor. Exceptionally low penetration of clouas fm -:.Gdgr true &. disappear ~nto c 1ouds at lOOdg r t rue afte r flight of 5 - 7 seconds. No sound. Stea y cottrse of 200dg r true . Believe d to be , q uite low. Ko estimati011 o n size. AnC J'ORW 319 (REV 26 SEP 52) was under way D.L.Ingelse. M. so Coo tngel, 20 October 1958 . The He~dquarters of the U.S,Airforceo Department:Investigation U.F.O.'so Repo~t of flying object seen over jhe A~lantic ~c n On the 18th October 1 958 the Dutch m.v. coolsinge l from Norfolk (Va) to Bremen (~erm),under comnand of Captain On the First Watch the undersiencd,Javan TieJ,jr.2n d Offi- cer,was Officer on Duty.Also on the bridge was the lookout,a Spanish sailor, J,del Rio Fiera. J At 23.20 ship's time (00.40 G.M.T.on 19/10),the esti mated I position being 46 degr 7 min North, 1~degr 25 min 'i"/est,steering 71 true, the lookout and I saw tne'" fo!I'o~ving"'object: I:A very bright,absolutely white light,giving the impression of a equally lighted sfereo . II:A lighted connection,looked like a row of lighted portholeso III:Aa point I,only slightly brighter. IV:Areddish,short trail,as from a rocketo Outside this there was no traceof any navigating lights planes haveoAlso no sound was heardo The object came out of a cloudpbearing about 40 true and itsx~RaXHi,after crossing nearly across the ship,disappeared in or above another cloud,bearing about 100 true,as this cloudreached to the horizon, the object was not s een againoi warned the Captain at onceo The object gave the impression of beingq_u.i te laree, under powered flight,and held a steady course of about 200 true,with tremendous speed.We saw it for about 5 to 7 seconds. Also we thought it quite low,I would say about 1000 to 2000 meter.Of course,having no idea how large the objeet was,the appearant size was aboutbetween thumb and rorefinger,the height was difficult to say. As we had not the radar in operation I don't lr..now if it could be seen on the screen. The Captain intends to send a report to tke Dutch Navy, but as I read that the U.S.Airforce keeps a file on UoF. I send you this report~alsoo Philadelphia,20-11-1958:As Bremen,! don't know if the golse left the o the Dutch Navy Coolsi .... '"""el" at This is to acknowledge and thank you tor your letter ot 20 October 1958 concernillg the unidentified f'l.ying objee't you sav on 18 Octobe r 1958 46 de'greea seven Iirl nutes J.lorth, l.9 degt~es twenty-five minutes wes't, eteerillg 7l-true. The object you sighted has nll the characteristica ot a meteor. An Air Technical Intelligence Center astronon"r checked your report and concur~ with this finding. , Pennayl vania Sincerely, WmENCE J. TACKm Major, USAP' Executive Officer Public Infoxmtion Division Otrice of Information Services