PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS os Bolloon !Je;r ~hurch, VJ. 0 P ro bably Balloon 3. OATETIUE GROUP .4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possi :.,a y Balloon 0: G round- Vi s uo I und Rador 0 Was Ai rcroft 0.( Probably Aircraft .ncfU..!l 0 Ai,.. Vi suol 0 A i r-Interc ept Rad a r 0 Pouibl y Alrcrah Wo s Astro nomical 0 P robabl y Astronomical 0 Possibl y Astronomica l I L ENGTH OP' OBSERVATION HUMBER OF OBJECTS Insufficient Doto for Evaluation f'TT:l.ti~ SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING ll} tL1'l'(!'l 'ullo.:etl rn.ttt(~rn t 'li.l.t --ro"uo.o ' '.Tfli .;h f r or:1 a rcfu::.ing -orln~i-:::lc Nitnes:;c~ C"!l..:iid.e~eri i3~tU'ficient ATJC POJtM Ut (JlllV 2 UP 52) Loc ation: Lights S82!D from l!eVJ Chu:cc h ' Virgini :t' facing vJa Jt. Observ e r extremely r eluctant to e stimate height due to having no 3Xperienc e i n s~ch or rala t cd matters. S~3rs could be any h e ight from a fel'v' hundred feet on u p . But does say that some of nei ghbors who ::;avJ light s chased them in automobiles \Alhic h indic a t e s s ome o f tte observers thought them t o be quite lo~. Crese ent-shaped pattern of light movenont ran Nort h -Sout h c:.t r ight -a:'1gl e s to observe r , t ips of cresc er:t poin t ing up. OT HI.:.t: KNO'dN OB0 ER VERS: h c g_nd Hr s 1/evr Churc h , ~TevJ Churc h , 'New Church 8:50 PH, ES'I to a:pprx . 9 : 30 PM . Hcdnesc.lay, Jtl:r l, 1959 tveather cond:ltions : hot, h umid, sor!.!ai<~hat hazy, fe,,.l i f any sta!'s, br.isk breeze, not too dark. General appearance of lirhts or ohjo~ts: definit3ly circular in appearru1ce, although during their 1'astest movement, th~y app reJ to have a t ail. Observer readi l y admits,ho~..Yever, that thi s could easily be due to a bl11rring effect caused by rapid accalarJtion W!~ greater speed. ~olor: off -white as, perl1aps, the moon in half-st~ge as seen b3hind thin, hnzy clouds. Fo sveclfic color. tontJ, but definitely not sno'.>'- whj t;~. .:lgas not cl0arly defined, but d~fini t0ly circular. I.o iillpre s sion CJ.f o b j ec t bo:;ing spherical, b .lt cannot be posi ti V'~ th~ t it v:asn i' t11T'( ~-dimsnsio.nal. No impression of solidity, b1 t cannot be po::dtilfc tha t it \Ja s not solid . First impression and description: 'l'hought i t (they) was so:-1e sort of light being proje~ted into the slcy as if by spot light , beacon, or mov1~ ,_ojector . although dlsco1.nted this because: 1 . lights were too high . 2 . moved too fast. 3. dissapeared snddcnly to reappear i n different JncAtion, a.nd, 4 . very de.fini tely d i d n_g shoH be::::.w as from pro j act <1-t any ti..a3. HO l 2NEh'T: FollmJed crPscent pottt:lrn . t i p s of crescent ?ointin6 e_p. d.lssappaar a t left tip . ?httern 1nv~riahlc . srJ~3~ v~ried fro~: SAFIS- 3/ Maj Takcer/vpb,4966/13 J~y 1959 'i'his is t..:> ad:n::wlecl(5'~ a..:1d th:mk y)u f r y-.ur 1.:!tt~r ; f .3 July 1959 c~l1~ern._ing a..'l .:niJ.!!ntifl~tl fl~i;l,Z .)bject s:!.ghteri. :JV-er I'!ew Church, Virgi~ia, .n .!cfu:esday l July 1959. I rua ir~clrsii"..g t hree ( 3) /dr F..:r questi-l"..a.ir~s, ~b.ich s!lould ~ fill:!d ~t and s ione d cy at 1 ::ast t.hr-!~ ( 3) f tl:!-e .,t!:::r knc-wn :)serv':!rs listed in y--.ur l~tt.~r. PJ.~as~ s ~n t tb~ ccr:rpl;t~C. q':.cs t i.nn.lr.::s dir~'-t ;;,:. 1U r ~cht"..ical !nt;!llig~o.c~ C~nt~r, Hrigilt Pa:i:.ters:>n A.lr F ..,rce B-'l..s~, Obi), f )r mw'!.ysis P.r:d .J?: !. val.U3ti.:n . bee t o ATIC Pr 1gr~ Dir:?ctor WiWM ~sdca.sti~ Smt:t - r: :hj Jr, US.A.t.i' s~:~c~t17e Offl~er Public Inf' .Jnaati ) O Divi3i ... c Cffic~ of Inf""r:rati..J.U Services '--8:\FIS-3 COMEBACK CY SAFIS-1 READTITG CY