PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wo s Balloon J. OATETIM CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION --O Possi;,ly Balloon 10 Ground Vi suol 0 GroundRodor 0 Was Ai rcroft 0 Probably Airacrh s. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astro,omic:ol 1. LENOTM Oil 08SERVATIOH 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Probably A'shonomicol 0 Possibly Astronomical C Orheric~ Fall 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 0 Unk MO"'tn -. 10. BRI!, SUMMARY 0, SICHTIHG 11. COMMENTS Square, 40- 50 p ound block of i c e fell out The chunk of ice ..ra.s analyzed and '.-ra s of a clear sky. Sound like the passing of a f ound to b ,':! ertif~ial ice -a n e xamp jet overhead .. a loud -~bisltly rustling of o-r .rhic h i.:; that formed on a.n a/c. 00 ARTMENT 0 ' T'Hf A!~ ~ORC;? STAF~ Mr~S~Gc 01V!SION l N.C 0 M I N G ACTION: CL'l INFO ~ OOP, C ZC HQDS 18ZC JJA 68 0 PP RJEZ HQ DE RJESG.'J 37 FM 63TRFCARWGHV DONALDSON AFB SC T 0 RJWFAL EY AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB RJESBN/32 AIR DIVISION ROOINSASB RJEDSQIAIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CEN WRIGHT PAT AFB RJEZHQ/ASST CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF R JEZ H~ OFF ICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES HQ USAF UNCLASSIFIED FR Cl 63TCW/ W PP 2 7-K-05. SUBJECT: "U.F.O." A. DESCRIF'I'ION. C 1) S QUARE. <2) 4'0-50 P OUND BLOCK OF ICE. (3) NIA. (4) ONE. (5) N/A (6) N/A. < 7) OBJECT FELL our OF A CLEAR SKY. < 8> SOUNDED L IK THE PASSING A JET CNERHEAD. C 9) NONE. B. ( 1) A LOUD WHISTLING RUSTLING C2 ) NlGHT. E. 8 MILES S OUTH OF T OCCOA GEORGIA RADIO STAT ION WMEG, T OCCOA, GEORGIA. G. /A . H. NIA. I. THE BLOCK OF ICE WAS TAKEN T O TWO HIGH SCHOOL LABS COA~TMENT 0~ TM! .l!A FO~q S1 ~Fr M ESSAGE DIVISION PAGE TWO RJESGN 37 A N AL IZ ED AND IT Ill AS DE TERM I NED T HAT T rE ICE WA S HI G tl Y RADIOACTIVE. A GEIGER COUNTER WAS NOT USED, BUf EXPOSED PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM NEAR IT AND DETERMINED BY Tl DEVELQfED FILM IT \vAS RADIO- ACTIVE. J. NIA. K. THIS REPORT WAS CALLED INTO BASE OPERATIONS 27 OCTOBER 1959 BY MR. NO ESTIMATE JF RELIABILITY PO~SIBLE, NO ACTION TAKEN THIS OFFICE. PREL IM !NARY ANALYSIS. JESSE T. JUMPER, MAJOR, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, DONALDSJ N AIR FORCE BASE, s. C.- 27/203 lZ OCT RJESGN Page 2 of 2 /}1'1y(all Jbvrtt1 L &ECURITY CL..ASSIFI :JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLL33I:CTED SPACE BELOW FOR COMMUtvlCA.TION CENTER PRCDNC TY MSG (Cit.clc) N ORI G . OR ~;:::;;'RS TO CL.A~SIFI ION 6Jrc':l/'t1PP OF AFRENC C:: ROlJI'I NE ooiC MULT I aaNGLIE ATIC, 11-P AF.B A'.rl'N 63 ~AR WG HV, YOUR M5G 63 TC'tl/'tJ?P 27-K-05, DTD 27 OCT 59 REQ, A. CHIDA: BE MADE TO DETERML'JE IF mE OBJ REFORTED BY !'-lR. IS RELATED TO TSE ONE REPORTED BY A FARNER, MR LOCATED IN 'mE SAME A.tmA. /HAT FROCEilJRE WAS USED TO EZPOSE THE ~OTOGRABIC FIIM? M.,NTH YEAR I Qi\ICl.A.SSIF IAD ._) I MAY B5 NICHOLAS POST Assistant D~c~:ty Science & Co-oq,c,~ ftEI"~ACES CD FORM 173, 1 OCT 4S., WHICH WILL BE USEi!l UNTIL EXHAUSTED .,..Lrr--rr--J ;:{;:PoRTED BY ~AD1CACTIV?.. r:! ACCURATE r."QDr'l t. SU1Jilct: Piecea o f Ice FA!.l i. r:-~ Cvt o! Sky 1. On 30 Decez])e r 1959,. AP"Cl E .. 4F3c inf or::ted 4?3d th.:at tnf orr:.atio!l b. d t'~:-c received to th~ effect toL\t' l~zge pi~ces of i~e of ur xplal.r.e:d l')rig1r r d fallen tc !&.rth in Georgi. C!ippin.gs from a ne-t>~Sp:!p r ,e.r,. ~ub-..1itt ~ 1o . ~icb ment.ion vas made of 4n4lyaic work being perfol"lned on the ice ty tee-1-r~y Snow and P~rmafroat i.es~Arcb Leboratol:y in W ilmt!tte, Ill ic.~io. APCT. -~F3d ,.-.,s req~eted t O Cot.e!o further ir{.:>rtr.at.ion O':l the Aubject. . 2 ; A ,lOQ& d!!ltwa call vc.s ?ln ced to the Ar:~ it;v_. eetebliahed that the lyoie of che ice Ivana teD,. Illiaoia . . Labor~tor1 ~ntioned waa being p~rformed t" .. eo:rcy) 6 t .3-. It V&l poiJai'ble to telk t o Dr. 4t the. Ev.t!n!>.tc n f&c.ality~ 'telephone nu:r~er 24 . Re indica~ed that tht)' h~d o1.b . , received & emall piece ci !.c~, =ea..suri.n g &bout '1 b y 2" The a.n.aly31.., !ndt.ea.ted t_ that !t wu artifiei.al icc rathl!r dirty, ln otbe.r v~nds not of n&t "..lral ot:!gi Tb& characteristic eryat6la of be.il. vata com~letely ah~ent . Dr. ~ g~v~ ~a~ la o f origin a.e detatching it"~lf fro:u a.., ai.r-plar.1t. He fu~tlrtH fti!:tlli'X'Ul . :.! ~ntioned t :t.r.t 4 tbilar eveat.:ft:i tc..ken ple-ct> .ab~ut t'ti<' . yeAra &go ~n New Jeraey, ir. tb&t a t t~at t~e the Phy~ic Scienc~s D1v1~1on o~ . . ttie Prankllft Itutitute 1n Ptuladelphia, Pa. had per fcn:.{!c the tee analyg!.so Finally,~ indicat~d thAt nn Ao41}Dia of th2 w~cer r ulttng frou the ~lti . of ice 11 hei perfo~erl y o aga~ey unknown t~ b~. ~ 4 . Dr.; 'prcm!atd t o ~end 4P3d a cop y oi !;ail! re.port an the prcs.~nt '!..ncic!e::.t .l and vill attach tbe nftle of th~ organization performing tbe ~Lt~r ~nc1lysis c:::c ... ~ &fl'1 furthe r i.nf"~tioa avAilQl& to him on th~ tubjeet. t!e ~xp~r.teti .c dele.y o f : about' tuo veeko before baing dbl~ to ~e~d th~ report. -Smithsonian Institute, Waahington, D. c. S~thsonian not conducting analysis -Analysis by Bureau of Standards (Dr University of Chicago -Ar~ ~ineers, Ft Belvior, Va. of Standards official report due soon -Ot'f the record id that sample appeared to be coastal ,.,eter, object fell from aircraft known to be i~ area at the analyzed six s cases ., Reading, Pa., have in each case deter~ned the ice to be from aircraft. Ice ranged in weight from 25 to lOO l bs. pointed out tnat the press has hounded the tor information concerning the ice and indicated they f'elt something was being withheld. t~; ;o UNT 0 F STUDY_, _b._UT S C.lE.tJT lS_ts F 1~; i\LL.Y_lll).:V_E [lJJ.ill E:U_ OUJ _}Jl .LJJLL SI G ICE: CUUE Tl\AT._FH.lGI\I.ENEU_JLGEUH .. G.l8JJ\FUiEfLJ:A~i_E FHOIt: IT \,t\S JUS'f FHOZEN DRINKit~G t:I\TDi Fl~OIi 1\ JJ:.:T f\IHPLAI\:E. FCLL OL THE FARrJ OF 0 . J , LECROY NEAR TOCCOA, GA. SCIE!~TISTS i~:!D or:Lli :f\RY CI T IZENS Fl<Ot1 ALL OVEH 1\DVf\tJCED DOZE! OF THEOf<IES ,~._,cuT lTS ORIGI~s. , f~E..?. JJ\{l ES D/\VlS (lJ- CI\.) 1\ ELE/\SEJ: 1\ Hl:.POHT Fl~o:~; THHt~ GuV[HIHIE~!f i\,~t::-:t l L.:S YESTEHDAY AIJ!IOU~jClNG THAT THE ICE \.'f\S FORIIEIJ \JHEN l.JR llll<lNt; l:f~lEH LE/\I<E1J FROM 1\ CviiflEHCif,L lJC-{) JET ?LANE FL'i lNG f\T ~:..~,;J; Ff-l-~T, THL \~1\lEH FHOZE OUTISE THE PLANE 1\N!J Tl!E!'J DROPPED t:IIEN. THE ? Lf\r!E THE REPOR.T GYJHE u._s. GEOJ.OGlCI\L_S.Uf\V.EY.,. 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