PROJECT lC073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS \-la sbington, georgia ( Sharon & o Wos Balloon 12 Oct 59 Crawtorsville t;"" ... ) 0 Pro~obly Balloon si :,t Y Balloon Loc ol 1300 s. PHOTos phvsical Specimen ~(;round Visual 0 Ai,.. Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 A ir-Intercept Radar 0 "Nos Aircraft 0 Pro bably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical 7. LENGTH o,a 0851!RVATION 8. NUMBER o,a OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical c::tA Other Clo1id Seeding 10. 8RJE,r SUMM~RY o,a SIGHTING Gossamer type substance, like spider webs , continued to fall :f"m the sky '!~= approxima.telJ 2 hrs . Some witnesses described it a s '\veb- : i ike strings v/red pea sized objs , like 3piders , at the ends. 0 Insufficient Data for Evoluorion 0 Unlcnown 11. COMMENTS -- The material wa s analyzed and f' ound to contain elements u sed in cloud seeding operation s . t l:.e r-. o l ~tate 1.1f <Gotgin ~.eparmnt 41 1fluhlic ~afe~ OCTOBER 13, 1959 iJIVI~J')NS AC::ttJE'.Jr Re' F<rl~v ....... ETY R"'SPO.:oiBti..IT" TO \JHOI1 IT 11A.Y CONCERN: un the afternoon of October 12, 1S59, 1 was at my residence o n At approximately 3 o'clock in the afternoon of this date, I bezan ;~o-,:ing rny lawn in the :-ear of rrry home, using a motor driven rotor type mo>~er. As the job of mowing progressed, I ca!l'.e to a section naar a shade ~ree and l noticed t.;o '<hite streaks, or more : orrectly, gre:r streaks extending fro.o an East to est direction, appr oximatal:r e ight inc I>! s wide and extending for a len ;t h of perhaps ten feet each. The ci!llor o~ this streak was not a b!'ie;ht nor a dul.l grey, but of a nediu:n texture. I noticed no light reflection from it. t--1y iclt.ial impression was that some type of mold or fungus was pr%ent on the grass. f'ha entire length of each blade of grass was U07er-.d and t,h<l r;rc itself was also covered with this matter. I noticed no silken strands or aimilar matt e and t.he appeara.'lc" of this stufi' ,ras as if someone >Jith a air presaure spray type pair had spnayed the grass. l.ft.er looking at it for a few moments, 1 deciaed th.at it -:..las a or mold and mowed on across it. As the mower went o;er it, a grey du3t rose L'1to the ' ap?r oximatelY twenty inches hi6n a nd settled back to the earth rspidly. :.cwL~g the entire sac~ion: I notic~d that the coloring re7:"A; r.ed a l--aut ~he s a:ne A.~t 3!" :::<7H"ir.g tha ~ard, I l eft my r e sic!el'l.c ~ -=t.."'ld drove up to-... !1 cr.: so one had raported unusual occurence at a point approxi e there I learned ~hat 10 miles \ j on Georgia Hig~JJay nunber L7. A"con~anied b:r a fri~nC., rove out and looked at ~-ihat apr.eared to 'Je spider (;eb for:na1:. t'nat I mentioned th~t I had sor.'.eth:..ng u nusual i n rrry back yard. -:rL i ':. :.Ja1 t.;hil e there Ret:J.rni.l"'\g home 1:t :;u.."'l.dcr--:n, rrr] ... ,life and I v:~nt to the spa~ L'"l th yar e and I pointed out Wh3re the s'.reak c: cob:-ing had been . 5ince the ori~inal -::;::e y t: ol~ring had co;apletely disap;earec :::~:!:opt .:1t t !'.a ~nd of ona of r"'.~ ori;inal line s .. 7t.? lU~lin of ;:here the lines haC l "~r. as still diatL'1'llliol.;,U ' 7 the :;:ass be lng :.-::i darka:-tha...'J the surrcunding gr a s s . _:y if'3 stated tl .:-.an she left :or i.IO.:k a~ apt.-ro:drratel;:r ....,: ~ she 10oticed t~e same stral..'<S ?i1a teen a;;e girls ca.""' t o sed or.:.. streak .1nd .l:en I FOinteC out the small amo~nt of :rsy renaing at th~ snC of one of t~ese streaks, she : th3 .i (>f he r fing~r th!'ough i t a."td on he r finger v;as a silrut-l,y l:..ke .-ider, c-':t.atc of 05orgia C'IIVISIO:-.S ~cparlmeni nf l:Jublit ~afd~ CP II>Af L Al'\0~ .t. T:)~V A CCrO!:'._,T RFPOR .r -..c SAFb"T'f t<ESPO-..S biLITV SUREA.U OF t~Vf.3TIGATION OCTOBER 13, Since last evening, ! have not been back in tr..e area where this oc not checked the area for any other signs that might relate toAthis 'Occurence~ GECRC~ S !E PAT L viASiil~:;'fCN, CEORGIA. T O SPEEO OEL..IVERY OF" YOUR REPL..V, PLEASE AOORES5 COMMUNICATION TO ATTENTION OF" HEADQUARTERS 28530 AIR SASE WING Robin" Air Force Dase, Georgia SUBJECT: Unidentified Material (Final Report) 27 October 1959 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. Attached Laboratory Report is final report on substance found at location of Sharon, Georgia on 12 October 1959. We bel.ieve this matte r to have been satisfactorily resolved; that subject material is, in fact, natural phenomenon from cloud seeding efforts. 2. No further investigation is deemed warranted and case is considered closed. FOR THE COMMANDER: -.>JERT T. RUST Major, USAF Base Provost Marshal Laboratory Report Labor~torx Report TO: BB D.iTE : 19 Oct 59 D~SCRIPTION: :~terial Residue Allegedly Seen rROJSCT 1~: C-73 5 F::1llin From Air in Vicinity of To identify microresidues that may be found on ground and equip ment surfaces in cited area. 7 t CTU.U D.-\TA: l. cobweb-like material was claued to have been seen in the air by severa1 people 3.t a h ome bet,.-.reen Sharron, Georgia, and Georgia, shortly after nooh on 12 Oct 59. A complete report on these sightings be f ound elsewhere. Sa~oles were taken from vari~us locations in the area in which the material was supposed to have fallen, and are as follows: Sample # 1 -dust ~=om a table top located outside tl1e house. s only partly exposed during the time of the sightings. This table t o;:> Sample j 2 -small pieces of weathered insulation taxen f rom exterior electrical wiring behind the house. It 'W-3.5 claimed that these wires ..r9re covsred very heavily with t he webs during ar.d shortly after the sightin~s, but that the webs gradually disa:opeared. Sample # 3 -water from the bottom of an inverted galvanized iron wash tub. This water supposedly had been tnere during t he sightings. s~.:nple # lr -gr ass cuttings t3.ken !'rom the bottom of a la'.oi':l mower. This 1.1 was new ;.nd had teen ~ed one time only in t~e y-ard of a housP. belonging to of the Georgia J-1.i~h~..ray Patrol, located in Georgia. It to mow over an area discolo~ed by a gray-white powder y s ubstance. (See ~nove-mentioned statamen~.) . ff ~ -t. en I :-om discolor ed a rea. the top surface of T~s samola included ;yard ac:-oss soil, grass, r ocks, and el"'!1f'nt s . slit>"ht amount r.resent aiJoU.."'lt All s::.mp_3s cont.o.inec el~;?rnents nori:'lB.l l y ~x;ected to be in tl:e r.a rt icul:lr ty}:e s.:..ople. 'lhe abov~ results s how only t he e!.~l!lents ...rhich would 'ce cons ice:-ed as .fo:-eign to the sa:nples. ~Jet chemical analysis showed a relatively hi ; h c1nc~n".r~tion c!' ~.:ixed r.:..li'ies, but chlo:-ine '.Jas t nP. only on'= in sui'fici~nt quantity t o b.:. :--c =it i vely id~:1ti- 7he pr~sence of silv~r evgn in small concentrations from such unlikely places as the sa~ples were taken is very s i~nificant, ana strongly indicates that ~ silver coo- nound could have caused the phenomenon. Silver iodide i3 widaly us~d in cloud seeding, d other silver halices have be~n used. Research in this field is constantly being car~ied on, and it is understood that the University of ~orgia in Atr.ans has bP.e~ en- gaged in a research project of this type. It has since been learned tP~t the Lockheed '::ow~n:r !.:1 M!.rietta p"Jssibly is also e ngaged in a si:z11lar pr0!1Ta.In L:. te:--..;.ture on t he subject uses the terc s:ookeu ~s conine; from s:J v~"':' iodide ~en~ra'tors. The 1959 :Encycl o-cecia Americ~na r.:!."lt.:al states t.b.at "pll!nes of t~s li'..:it?.~i.:.l (cilv~r iodide) were succeszfully tr~cked L~ mountainous countr y U? to 35 mil~s ~own .:'i!1d11. T:,ese terms seP.m to be descrinti ve of -::-.at which was seen. It is a good o :1enomencn. possibility that c::..ouc seedi:1g t,ri th a silver salt cot.!:=. have c.ausP-d 22 October 1959 SODJat:'l'a 7laah Report on 010. Sharon. Georgia .. 'r.1a f ollcvin.g i.ui'ol7~tion is .. r e ported to yoa because of the f'ac~ it. lOS . ~ceiTd acme public a t t entioman d broadcastoTer TV stat io~ As such, the General or hil! staff may be contacted 1n regard to o~ oourae, inquiries villbe made to 7ou. . . ' . or Georgia, thla matter and, . A1 1300 ~o\lra, -14-9ct 59, a goa~amar silk-like. substance: continued totall trom ~- the alq oY'er Sharon,.'Ga~:tor almos t 2 hours. According to UFO regulation.,:thia _, ~ , ma1erial.-VIIa~ innatipted by. the ProTest Marshal~ of'fioe Robbin. AFB, Oa~ UDder: ... ~ :~ .. ~ : , .In, a tel:eJ:Gone conTersat ton bet..,.eD MaJ. J'riend and MaJ .)mat r egar-ding the . :.: ~ ., beat approac~; to' thu problem,. it vas. explained: to Maj. Ruat that" 1nc.identa: or :r: ,~. ~hu '7~ (O.l.led a~ela ~-'hair) haY~ been reponed n\mlerous times durins the.: last-:. : t .eD 7eara .. ~J.. -Rust. wai( ' ~dTia~ ~to collect samples o r-this .substance._: - -. : ':; : , ~.:. -.:;_ -Acoo~dfJ!817 ;-;. ot. the ~orsi~ S te Pol: ice vas able-to eet her a r "":': ,~: . ~ll port~oD. pf' .. th ~ eu ance -.which th ush 2.inTcsst1gators as81gned by MaJ ..... _1 -t Hila' vaaffaullllitted to the chemtoala and JDaterials laboratory, Robbins AH!. tor '< l ~ .,: . -~:' '1'ha r~por made by tbe<supeniaory chemistsor ... his laboratory, base4-on~ .... ...... --":" '!t ouraor,r aaalJsia, aubatnt1all7 1a aa f'olloW.a The material is effeetivel7 a . sU-nr halid and a halogen type_ canPoU