P~OJECT lCW/3 .~cCORD CA.10 D Cr ... vnd-Rudor \/o~o Boll on luhli' Rollo;,un f'oui !.It )ull""" 0 WaJ /,hcrnf l 0 p,,.,~obly Aorcroft 0 Possllly A;,,.,.,ft 0 Was A.,lro'loml col 0 Pubohly A~tronomicol 0 Poss1bly ;\ .. tronom :,1 hiJ\.td.: l OP C,lJ:i:CiS ln)ulii::l .. .., Out.:J for C:1oiu,tin" Un'cno...n 7. L~'ICTH o C~S!~VATIOH OJo ts re--,.:crcd f.:<. l:uo-lc~ :ut.o. in:" .. ~ ,.t~at Virginia 2:] li)N lOf\J !iet'~rence 70UZ letter of 13 J\me 1;61 to the AeroS!_)ace Tec::hn i ca.!. .::.:xte ll1 gence Center reqtU?st~ in:f:::r:.:u;;icn aoout C;..:taJ.l.:!.c oil vero -...!Uch . el"''t f'ou::4 ::ear ;rour !lme !.n :Iovember 1957 a:Jd .;\me 1~1. 7he s"nplas ~ t~e :sateri.a.l 'Vhlch jCIJ. t~.mrded Yith :fOUl: 1~T.ter ~ve been dat'1.:litel;/ idem:i:t"!.ed as ci"lart :-ede and ut11 t:ed b'tJ tl:.e U:litcd ,+,:~us. :;~ is :aterial nuch :!3 .:.:-::.pped by cur a1 a.J.""t ~or t~ jur- J~ ~ J":w:t1:'lg radar3 "a;r blo-c-.;~ ou-& tl:.e 5 ccpe -,ictu:re ~.ri-:h i='si.p1~1- ..:ane remna. C!::ai't' 1.3 droyped i:l the U:lltcd. St3ten "rrJ t!le Air 7or~e ~or t!le Jurpo~es ai ~ni~i~g tJ~ah~ a~d rnrln~ creva and t cr t~ot~ ~he e!fcc- ~1Yeeaa at the chatt itself. ~ is doaig::l.ed to in~ert>ere iiith n.da.ra of dt::.'!c.rent o:9c r<J:t!.:lg .::':'~quencies, nod tbi:J account a fer the d 1 ffe rencas in l ength ar.d eros:; je on at the mater:1al. \lhi~ va3 found near your bOlT'.!. C!'.af!' 13 u.:m:>.lly rele ased ~ t!lc aire--a.!'t in b~dleo liaich t!lcn open to allav tb.o :r.ateri.al. to di5perse. I:l an op~j:nm operntioa end 1 lndiTid, al }'ieee of ~ ..rill :!"'aJl alone. C:l ccca.cion, CC\reV e!: ::aU!r13J. v1.ll :311 in li~tle eJ.U::!ps such ::... ;)-cll rccO\c:-cd. T'w teri&l is designed to t.:a.ll c.xtrece.l;r slov, and ~!:erefcre m:J !'"...ave been dr-op:p6l t'iNlY :nilea :1"'.1.-m your ha'le a:ld d...~cd into :JOur ere!l d~ --:!le ~1::r it too:t to f3J, f!~co ~1prox-4:mt .. l:,r eight :'Iiles hi~. :;:xr i~ter~s~ in ";!113 :::atter 1a ~prec!ated. .J.looel, JSA:i )~?ue7 Sci~nce ~t~n~ Int~llig~nce Officer I :;ou~ !'our y~ars ago in I:Yr~m"Jar, l ?J7, th!'3a cc . .o;p.l.aio"l~ e : U/3 l f fJ d a vary n pil3 o; : 11lc 1il'l3~-colol'!d C lhc'.ln County, '.fast Vir~lnlo. .. The sl1v-a .. 3, ~ c .. ., ol ;hic':1 e: enclozed (11~:-~.;d !lovcrnba:, 1957), whe:-about c.:;eva1 i~;~l3 lon3 ane lay undisturbad on~ P~ton~l~d in bonfi:o 7o scattcrad. Th zli~ Ts ''Jro perfectly ~t=aignt. ::T:.d~y, Jung 9, :..951, a frienC. of nina, 1~0 li"l.a.;) a~out s _ ~ ;)n nil2s T,,3.y, found an id\:!1 ti~al p:Ll J r~.: .-;;li v~cs, ~"':c ~r:>t t .:.::t ';h~r sho::~,!)r, b.alng abo'lt 2.t inch93 lo41J . \gain ~h3y ,,:~r-a in o. n~at n!l~ <:t.11d in 511ch o. oa..'1nc" a.3 descriiJ.ed 1:1 ch1 o';h)r cas~: :nclos=3d you u.tll fin:l th S 3 slivers in I hava been unabls to finJ any de;jn3~l'l~ ~lJ"l~r parriclllatly ::i.S to th~ U536'3 of thj.;e sli~:3r.:;, a:t1 -.o:-~ p.:lr~icularJy ho"rl the7 r3c'lllle lo.:a::~d ha!' 1'1 uch a ::n .. "l..'13r. I ha-,e r:l l nd do iPve c..:>'f)i;!s o:' a.., article dJ.:;criblnz th'3 ..&.'i"1d.!..n:; ct tr~ .... a rot, I re1 in DATU Jun_:' 19 Mll.l j,.... ASTRO~OHIC-_ "-'HENO IENr\ _ ST /,P. OR AIRCRAFT ;l\ ----- B/,LLOON _ 'J'~JL ~ or os U :NTIC _ , ~ CLO' JD- ~ l fro:n uo'Jd...;C. t!ovembcr l) )7 ~!.!n~ .ir. to , \ for tinfoil typ~ :~tcr:~l~ EV t.LU/ TION. C SE CI'.TEGOPY: Cthel' (Cn.ff) CO'lCLUSIO 1: