Atlanticocean380mieoflangleyafb Va — October 1959

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Keywords: rjedjr, atcher, unknown, picket, comdr, mcguire, bridge, burned, hotel, astronnaical, folmo, sjcilar, ceeeeezzzzqa330eyjd641, tmeni, ruepblicomdr, nyoopin, f0llowi, 57aff, diylsicn, julliet, davisville, titudeidegrees, 4soool270, q7ment, sectoro
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Atlantic Ocean o Was Balloon 3. O..t.TETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERV..t.TION . 0 Possi ~ly Balloon L oc:ol--t-----------c:t(;round V i :~uol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Wos Aircraft Board Ship 0 Pro bob I y Ai reraft GijM~T =0~5~0~7~Z O~A~i V~i o~I----~D~A~i~r~l~nt~e~rc!e~p~t~R~a~d~a~r~t~O Possibl y Aircraft S. PHOTOS 6 SOU""CE M t " Was Astronnaical e e o r 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical Military 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH 011 OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER Oil OBJ ECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other:-- .------- 0 Insufficient Data fq_r Evaluation 10. BRIEl' SUMMARY 011 SIG.-, TING Tear- shaped, bluis h w~ite light w/vapor s folmo~ing. Appeared to bu_-n out. 0 Unknown 11. COMMENTS Descri~tion i s sjcilar to a meteo r at high alt. ACTION: CIN CEEEEEZZZZQA330eYJD641 RJEDJR 44A OE?.4?.TMENI OF rHE ;.iR FORCE STAFF M(;S~.~Gt D!ViSiO N FM COMDR NYADS MCGUIRE AFB NEW JERSEY TO RJWFAL/COMDR ADC RJEZSN/COMDR 26TH ADIV RJEOSQ/COMDR ATIC RJEZHQ/ASST CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQS USAF RJEZHQ/ OI S HQ USAF RUEPBLICOMDR 1006 AISS /UNCLAS/NEW YORK ADS 10449. NYOOPIN. SUBJ: UFO. F0LLOWI NG REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2. P4 DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: (1) TEAR SHAPE <2) UNKNOWN <3)BLUISH WHITE LIGHT C 5 ) NONE (7) VAPORS FOLLOWI~G THE OBJECT. ?AGE TWO RJEDJR 44A ( 8) NONE. I DSJA?.iMENT Or 11-!E AiR FO~C: 57Aff McSS,\Gc DIYlSiCN C9> LIGHT FROM OBJECT LASTING SOME TEN SECONDS. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT. <1> SOURCE ON FLYING BRIDGE TAKING OBSERVATIONS SAt~ BLUISH WHitE. LIGHT.. <2> UNKNOWN (3)UNKNOWN C4) OBJECT MOVED'FROM EAST TO WEST TRUE HEADING OF 285 DEGREESo OBJECT SEEMED TO FOLLOW CURVE OF THE EARTH HOWEVER DID NOT GO BEYOND THE HORIZON BUT LOOKED AS IF IT HAD BURNED OUTo <5> BURNED OUT. TO WEST. <6> TEN SECONDS. c. MANNER OF OBSERVATION. <1> SHIP/VISUAL <2> UNKNOWN J~ TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTIN~. Z. LOCATION OF OBSERVER: FLYING BRIDGE. OF PICKET SHIP SEA HORSE Page 2 of 4 Pages PAGE THREE RJEDJR 44A O~A.~TM&c"T Or-il-JE AIR FO~CE usg SKY~ATCHER AGR 2. ELEVATION 45 FEET. S HI 0~1 STATION AT GEOREF POS!TION HOTEL JULLIET GOLF HOTEL ZERO SEVEN FIVE ONE. F. IDENTIFYING I~.JF"ORMATION ON OBSERVER. C2l LAWRENCE, W.J. , SEAMAN, USN, USS S~Yt~ATCHER, DAVISVILLE, RHODE ISLAND/RELIABILITY UNKNOWN. G. WEATHER AND WI NOS. <1) NIGHT, STRATUS 6500 FEET. C2) DET 4 12TH t.vEARON, NE'v YORK ADS: ~TITUDEIDEGREES/~NOTS: SURF AC E/27 0/03 4SOOOl270/90 (3) 3000 FEET BROKEN C4)BETTER THAN TEN MILES C5l BROKEN Page 3 of 4 Pages PAGE FOUR RJEDJR 44A <6> NEGATIVE O~A.Q7MENT OF THE AfR FORCE STAFF MESSAGe DIVJSION ~ c:.AS:i~EO M!";iAGE <7> SURFACE 65 DEGREES FAH. WAT'~E 75 DEGREES FAH. H. NEG"TIVE. I. NO TRACE OR CONTACT ON RADAR AT THAT TIME. J. CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA AT ALL TIMES K. REPORT PREPARED BY SSGT DONALD E WOODS, AF 1 1239159, NCO, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, HQ, NE~ YORK AIR DEFENSE SECTORo MCGUIRE ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH VOICE CONTACT WITH PICKET SHIP BY REPORTING INDIVIDUAL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION tJEGATIVE RESULTS. SHIP RELIEVED FROM ASSIGNED STATION. BOUND FOR HOME PORT. NO CORRELATION ~T~EEN THIS SIGHTING AND ANY KNOWN OR SUSPECTED OBJECT OR EVENTS NHICH MIGHT EXPLAIN IT. L. NEGATIVE 21/2005Z OCT RJEDJR Page 4 of4 Pages