1 Decelllber 1958 3o DATETIME GROUP 5o ' PHOTOS 1. LENGTH OII.OBSERVATION PROJ ECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2o LOCATION Washinc.rto n , DC .0 TYPE OF OBSERVATION C Ground V Isual C Ground-Radar C A I,.. Visual C Air-Intercept Radar l o HUMBER Oil OBJECTS 9. COURSE N I A NLli CONCLUSION$ 0 Was Balloon Proilably Balloon c Possibly Balloon c Was Aircraft c P ro!Jabl y AI rcroft Possibly Ahcraft 0 Waa Astronomical 0 Prot,ably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical H XOthor Ho a x 0 Insufficient Dcrto for Evaluation 0 Unlcnowtt 10. BRII!II SUMMARY Oft SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Serie s of photog r a p h s a l l e d edly take n of "bl ast-offs" .fm t h e moon . ATJC JPORM 329 (REV 2 5 SRP 52) ConclLld e d that source was per- petrating a hoax , either for f inanc1.al g a i n or s o me p a tholo - g i c a l reason , or possibly both. FOREIGN TECHIIOlO&Y DIVISIOI,lf5C UNClASSIFIID UMCWSiflll Ul'-JULJ'tVVl &l- WASHINGTON. QC. U~lCLASSlFlED FOREIGN TECHIIOlO&Y DIVISIOII,AfSC UN ClASSIFIED UMCWSIFIID *Jar J. lriead f4 +: Air eeatna a't Air Jwce ... , Ohio, aakea to vrl ta tJaU JO\l t= tbe )'au ao Ida OCDtemiz38 'midcatifte4 ~ ob~eeta. )~aJar to nitente tm tan t theee VO\d4 be newel b1' Air ~cbnieal Center :penorn:wl tioa ~ tbe A1 r Tac'bntcet ,.. evalu.t1CD tbe orls;t,l Intelligence CeDter retuz-De4 to 10'1 WtsL -J.. Ma.1or, UIW BI8CN'U."N ~N Publto Jforatiora DlYU101l Offtoe ~ lfalzat!oa Sezs1ce CIACUI.ATI OltOAHilATIOH AHb IIX'TIOM AFCIN-J1E4 Co'. Gilbert Maj. Tacker . 1. Aequest you write a letter to SIGMATUI'I , thank1J18 him ~or the photosraphs which save to 1M I prami sed him that tb.eae photographs would not be tur.bed over to anyone in the industry and you mi~b t reassure him o~ this. 2. The address is' .3. I am not 8ure, but I think he is located in Anacotia. The general area is out South Capitol Street juat beyond the District line. CHG4HIZA110H '1'10 LOCAiiOff A.FCIN-Jt F4 R eplaces DA AOO Form~ I Apr 41, and AFBQ Pam~ 12. 10 No 41. wblc:b raat be uru1 Ffl<ca U"CtN4B4 8 Deo. 1958 COHMDiT HO. 3 4E4/MaJ l'rie.Dd/ao/69216/Jlda 828 1. "'-Jv biellll Q!f U4 Ybilect duriq ttoe dooi 1 Deo. 1958. ~o 4 1958 tat_.,i_d the suu-, 1111 waa sben ot the DIO.-o re .. 1111 pb.ftoa ntun4 ~ iA . J3 ot n' Jl. Mla~tl to ftaJor J'riencl eMaeD,lalJ..y be a-. 1Ator1oa tha' Pananp11a 2. 3 eD4 -' ot a._lll til. 3 Tile 1loe.s Jlbcnacraplaa ue oee releu.a. to :llaJor 11'1ead b7 Z. 1a te4 tlaa' &A btC}WetaUoa be 1'111:1 011 tlae .. Jria .. &Dd 4J4 be forwarde4 a oo.w o~ tu . 4 'l'lle priate lllaoul.4 b r\ll'lled to 414 to becCJAe a Jl'lrl ol tb t'Ue oa Adde4 1 IDol 2. Pr1nta (4 I.EOl\JU) T. CL\..:;:;a ColODel, lflH7 AFCIN4E4 Weekl.1 .A.oti Yi ty Report ll Deoem~r 19.5 8 1.. l-1ejal-i 'riend of tb.e Aerial Phenomena Group, Ail Science D1Yla1on, riaitec.l ~/aabintston. D. c l December 1958. too bed fthle aeYeral calla to the ottlce ot M/Ceo. ~at.on olaimin& poaaeasion ot ,PhotoE..raphs ot uro s 1A tlle eart~' .s atmoaphere and also bei~ laWlched tram tile moon. l1ajor Friend aeoured several ot tbe photo~rs~hs wbicb are preaentlY in 4D tor interpretation. A complete ana~siu of t L1e fin:i ine;s will be preP'ired by 4:4 in the near TDD4c WORtLORDER NO, :TOr-AFCINTD04c .ORCiN CODE I!XP. DATE COMPLET k~utine CL.ASSIFICATION ROJECT NO. COMPL.ETED DATE QUALITY CONTROL e SCRIPTIO~ Of SI!RVIC~S.~:(l IUJ~ purpo .. rquet, flme onJ pfoce ol requlrment, anti other prtl~nt.ln~ormatlon). D11pl crte Poaltl., PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIFICATIONS Ptolectlon Prints Continuous Prlnta " ?t?~:i.. e Contact Print a 1 By_ _ Motte _N._ of Copies FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK : 1 certll)' fltat I ltCJYe 'colvoJ original~, ~' negaflves art<! ._. .printS, aWfo be us-J In tile service ol the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ONLY. T004c WORK ORDER NO . 3. DATETIME GROUP S. PHOTOS PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Washinoton .. DC 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground Visual 0 AI,. Vi suol 0 GroundRador 0 Air-Intercept Radar CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Paaaibl y AJrcroft 0 Was Astronomical J:J~ 0 Probobl y Astronomical c No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 10. BRII!fl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING Series of IJhotographs alla~edl y tn!<en of "ulast-offs" l'm the moon. ATIC FORM 319 (REV 26 SEP 52) 0 Insufficient Dato for Evoluotiort 0 Unlcnawn II. COMMENTS Concluded t hat source was per- petrating a hoax, either for financ~al gain o.r some patholo- g iclLl reasou , o1 pos sibly both. 'A D 1 another." She lridlcated thls -'.::of E r'Lf 'ti6rl" Cnf MoOo . rr~:~:!:trr_:; ,. B~ WILLIAM RINE!i' lfi';\ .. ':.h~-,.t ... = c . B. Watb, astronomer nt , . . , l&ar etall Writer . r th e Naval Obeervatory, sald he : ;,. Astronomers her&-adopted .a "walt and ~see attitude today .was "rather astonished" at the ' . on a report from R\1531& that a . volcano was observed ln eruption report, but added that lt is . -on:the moon a rew dan aa&o.' : : "" v. :. : . I , "reasonable to suppose that 't ~: . ?<. AnAaaoclated Prea diapatch quoted the omcial Soviet news there was & volcanic eruption." ?.'a'Jmey, Taa, u havinl' oublished the report. Tass said an as-' However, Mr. Watts &dded, . tronomeY at the Crtrnean ~stropbysics Obs tory~ N. A. KozY.: the Russ.iarus undoubtedly are reV) had obser,.ed th~ apparent ' : wrong 1t they thlnk all the sur- voleanie eruption ~arty on the port 1s phony just. because we face feature~ on the moon are mornin1 or November 3. I t didn't see the .event.: Father volcanic in orlgln . . Many ot took the form of a briabt U1ht Heyden sald: "That .would be. the moon's craters were .caused that lasted 30 minutes. unscientifte." . by the impact of meteors, he :'rhe bead of the SOviet Aead.; . However, he added, the re explained. emy of Sciences uld the Kozy-port does not Jibe wlth all evl .rev report will r equire science dence polntlng to the moon as May Have Be_en Meteor to change Its t.hlnktng about a completelY lifeless, cold roc~ Mr. Watt3 did not rule out the moon 11 a completely. ln the skY. the possibillty that the nash ... dead'~ celeaUal' bodJ ' Dr: Nancy Roman, &stron- cmicedtna the sctentifto-ln- omer at the Naval R esearch reported by Mr. Kozyrev. m g t terrriti and profeea~nal capa-Laboratory, said reports such ha~e been caused by a~ meteor. of Mr. Kozyrev, Amerl-aa Kozyrev's report have been The territ\c ener!JY contained can astronomen aald hls ftnd-publtshed in the past but have ln a fair-:;lzed meteor traveling 1ni t's not nece!sarily conclusive. not been substantiated by other many miles a second would be Brl&'h& Flubes Before observation. - -dissipated in the !orm ot heat , . However .. : ahe added, Mr. when the meteor struck the The Rev. Pr&nct. J. Heyden, Kozyrev ia "a decent. scientist; moon's surface. .This could , as~onomer at Oeoraetown Unl-though YOUDif and . is con-cause a white-hot ftash which venity, said Ulere-. have been nected with a . "reputable ob-would last for some tlme until reports of br ftubes on the seriatory" while most earlier the area of impact cooled oft, moon's surface before.~-Ex reports ~f lunar flashes have he sald. ". tha' he had. not had come from amateurs. / Like the other astronomers, tbls mom.lng to c;onault . Dr. Roman sald it was pos- Mr. Watts w&nted to w&it and aelentftc llteruure-an-the-s~b slble aa "the. 'Rusaians now see. : , Pather Heyden .. id he sunes~that r th.r-prevailing . "There are hundreds of ama- . aeemec} to recall that . such opinion about the~ "life less" teur astronomers loo!dna at the brUllant ftare-UPI had been at-moon must be rev\sed. But moon all the time, all over the tribUted_ to meteor ~ta .o~ the she emphulzed, .even lf a~ world," Mr. Watts sald. '!They " moon's aurfa~. "-.: '"'-: ... ~ eruption had occurred on the look at it more than the pro- . :.;!tlie Jesuit astronomer aald moon'a aurtace,.lt might be one fessionab. . ~ . . -~ ; Mr.~. Kozyievs announcement or sub-surface molten rock or "Maybe they wlll start re- . . yrq.:,!nterestlnl' because it con-lava rather than a surge or porting the sall}e incident: d ta1ne<f references 'to' "sj>ectrat liQUid metal from the center of maybe they won't. We'll Just o~t.lons!:.~ ot .the: ftare-up. the aatelllte. -- - .. : _ . ~ave to walt.'~ . . . Moat observations of such .phe-. Walt tor Evidence - ' nomena , have - been mual . _ . . . . : through a telescope-rather "It's .also possible," Dr. Ro-d thazi;:with the more accurate man aid, "that there is some-Karomi Power Vote . and:~ellable machine known as thing on the lunar surface BEIRUT. Nov. 13 CAP). - th~apectralscope. there that .reftects llke lrror ~banon's Par 11 amen v l.ast a m mght granted Premier Ra.uld . Makes No Sense , and can be seen only when the K araml's cabinet powei:s to don't think it makes &ny sun. earth and moon are ln rule by decree !or six months. . sense to say Mr. Komevs Je-proper position relative to one The vote was 3-l-1. AFCI~t-1+D dtd 14 Nov 58, subj: , .. .'dn'f'e!'ts'at'fonl~.~-fhLf-1r. Unidentified Objects on the ~bon TO AFCIN-4E4 FRO~l AFCIN-4E 17 November 1958 Clfl' NR. 2 Col Giloert/js/Bldg 828/51182 1. Attention is invited t o Comment #1 from clipping inclosed. and newspa:per 2. With particular ref1~rence s0t1e a.~tion to try and clean to paragraph 5 believe 4E4 should initiate situation. Be sure to get all past history I H. K. GILBERT Colonel, USAF DOWNC: ~ .AYCD-4D 14 lfCIY sa. nbjs ConnH.ttCir UnideDtltiecl Objeob OD the llooD Reger cling o~paal fila. 'lbla wwU be plllllalble partiou.larl7 it the 11gb t eJ)rq vu refiao- tiOD OD tbe awetaoe of the fila aD4 the 4rople'\a were al tua ted ln the area of retleo- t1oa. 'fbia vou14 alao accCNilt tor the taot tbat the area ot the uab'J'a, the av.faoe ot the :ia .na4eftd ia 110re cia tail tbo in the azoea batbe4 in tbe lisbt aprq aiDe. the 41-opleta aba4ow voul4 be intaa:.ec&.Ptba the retleotioD ucl renal1ng the tru 4aza- e1\7 of the apoav ?. fte plaotoaraJIQ 1D !s JM)O.r 1 t a ow the :reaul t ot improper oan 1A 4enlo1B8 .,. PI'1Dt1q tbenb,-1Dtl'odlao1J:la ooa41 t1ozaa ttbat an uaaeoeaaariq clitftwlt to eaplala. 2. Pr1Dta ot