PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 7. LENGTH OP OISIRVATION -10 seconds 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 2. LOCATION chansin& troa hot blue todull red aaail38 through 25 a ot arc in 5-10 at 10 des elevation. 4x as brisht as enus. Exploded at end of sighting. ATIC PORM 329 (REV 2e BKP 52) 12. CONCLUSIONS -. 11. COMMENTS .:... Description consistent vi th meteor TELE~I!ONED Dtllo .s. ~I SQA~21HQA064 DE RJWZKD 144 FM 5AF FUCi!U AIR STA JAPAN RJEZHQ/USAF v1ASHINGTON DC JEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGON DC RJWFAl/ADC ENT AFB COLORADO RJEDS~JAFSC FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO S' f:;._r-CO I tJ q ' I FIVE FICO RPT F ICO ONE ,FOUR ZLRO NINE DASH SIX ONE X FOR INT OFF THIS I S AN UFO REPORT X FOLLOWING I NFORMATION OBTAINED BY i1AJOR BEEBE CMM FIVE FICO CMt1 IN INTERVIEt7 HITH PILOT AND NAVIGATOR OF AIRCRAFT INDICATED BELOW CLN VISUAL OBSERVATION CLN ONE X AIRCRAFT TYPE CLN PAN AM SEVE~ ZERO SEVEN .-Ct1~1 PILOT tiTOLV X Tii'l~ OF SIGiiTING KLN ONt FIVE SLANT ONE SEVEN TWO ONE ZULU NINE SI X ONE T}[REE X DURATION FOUR X AIRCRAFT POSITION CLN O~IS SEVEN S I:: ZRO ZERO ~C ItO OF SIGHTING CLN FIVE TO TEN SECONDS TWO ZERO FIVE ZERO SLANT NOVEI1BER SLANT FIVE X A!RCRAFT ALTITUD~ CL T O EIGHT ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET X SI X X TIME AtiD RELATIVE BEARI NG CLN STREAK Tv70 RJ\,JZKD 144 TWO THREE ZERO DEG TRUE TO THREE ZERO FIVE DEG TRUE SEVEN X THRU NE ZERO X UNKNOWN X REMAKRS CLN ALFA X OBJECT CHANGES .FROM HOT LUE TO DULL RED X BRAVO C APPEARED AO EXPLODE AT END OF SIGHTING X HARLIE X AIRCRAFT HEAD G TWO SIX ZER DEG TRUE BODY WAS OBSERVED ROM THREE ZERO DEG OFF BOW TO FOUR FIVE DEG AFT RPT AFT BEAM X ELTA X BODY HIGH ABOVE OBSERVING AIRCRAFT X ECHO X SIZE FOUR TIMES ARGER THAN VENUS AT PLANET BRIGHTEST X FOXTRO X AIRCRAFT NO X SEVEN SIX KMM FLIGHT NR X SEVEN FOUR SEVEN X SCP DASH THREE 15/024.5Z SEP RJHZKD No Case (Information Only) 3 September 1961 San Francisco, California Jupiter i~ near;y 20 times os bright as a first tnagnitude star in September. Seen :n Sagittarius, the archer, it stcnds in the :;outh next to Saturn, James Stokley reports. jupitr r '" t:l! tniJrc bralh.t:lf ~lti11in~t y 2t) cin1!.:" 1~ hri~ht ;1-; .1 typic.:al fir;r q t ..!llll'h:.: ,r,tr, It I~ . on~jl1Ct1CU' in the '1\'\ !t Ill the (tA'Iltrc:ll.Jlinn of S 1rius, :htt .Hdwr l'n r, a n,l no mh(r p lanet , . ..: n It l!tr-'l:l.l~t i:ne, j~ p rr !rr.er.t, llld rh :' tP.t"~" , , cJ y l> identity. S.~tu, n :1 'bun ch.,t:.an~.l: rn d 1(' raghc. ath.i 10 tht-' am e ,, th rtilJttn n . I r j, C\' nsiJer;tblv h in ter, al- '" 11: ~1, tr.J ,J I> ' orighc n~r ot tt-l! ti r'it !,. : o t :"~o:'C piJn~ts. :ts vdl , , the .rb. ; l l l .c:'l p.tl . )"1tn 1\\\'fl k;nd tJl \t:lil l l.1rd .dJtJI! I til '' o'l,ll. k .It the m:dnk ..:>t t.he uP:I~ ,,,,] ~il(lrt n dock at the .-uj. " " , ni~h in th~: ~c1t. ft is Vc~p, \n Lvr~, he lyre . .:>u! l h~her, .tlm c1t direc\.ly O \ rr - h.-ad tf.r the tim(! oi our m.'lps_ i! o~n('b in Cv~n liS, the 5'-' :m . P .1rt of thi-; t..rt)tlp ;'I sth>" 1 nn L"c norrh~rn ~ky r-~.1r, du! C"s (\\lth fkr.C'f>) ou rh~ ~>W!lt:rn . \raJ hi.l(h ljc.\::~. A lt.ur and VrgJ .trc: .dt of t h:: lit l :1 l,!li!ude, o r b.-;~hter. f :l a.!Jirie-:n , thne other hr!it ' '1'-tfll!trcle ,t.tn :tr~ ~h,1w1a r,n tht" 1l.IP' but ih~v :t:l .trC ~0 l\tW th:t[ thf'rr b .,i\t h .... Jt:~Hdcr 1hlv ClmJTlcd l y the C~p,llo Stands l.ow J, Norlheost L o " j i1 r h c: lltn'l h~:.sr 1 !i C., \X' i La, in .\~11;,::J, the ch.mNn:r. Thi, ..,.,jJ!mw e znto ,, r~v ... pmmi11mc p~ttion !n the ev~nin~ s.l..y dJi'Ul~ the uU{umn. Arcturus, in ~iotJtcs, t~e h~djmJn, is low in the n or !hwest. Duritl~ the I.Hc :.pring ~mJ summer it Wll' ilt.t.: promin('nt !.r. th~ evening sk~, and O"'' it i J 1out. '') di:tppcar fr ;.n \ iew. In . h r ,-:htc(n ... ky ~oo .-.ill fiud Pcg:1su'i, (, tt' C n, ,rtller :ur .. ,).( rJr, Look rowan.! the north. ~n.~ ~e.&t Jippt'r, pJct uf UrSOl MlJvr, the ~rc:1t har. is ue-Jt the lao,;~on, Jnd poorly pl~\..'Cd. Bur ex- tcndinR upw~rd fr\'lm ic JS thc long anJ wmciin.ll ~ott:.tel~tion ol. IJraco, tht drJ~ .... J n. It u.ir.c\.i Jro.and t:n, Minor. the Je~.;er l)('at, ,If which the: pc,_c st:ar, Pd.u1s, is pArt. .1\nd to the rxhcr .. i<!c ot Pot.,ris, in tht. northe.~u. tt'3n,ls Cusiopo.t, the 4uer-n. :\ httle htxhcr 1s Cepheus, dle king. A~ fnr the other nakal-eve ptm~ Venus ;, noJ,.. He sn th~ e~sccrn sky, for ,,hout t""" hour~ txfore .;en rise. ~{ercury :m J ~!.at'i nc too 11~rtv in th~ same dir::c~ic,n a; the ~un to be .,i-;ibie ~1silv. In the S>l .. r sy~t~rn. :\S Lr as we l...r.ow; r" .. :;,, '~''>f llp:'lnyin~ pi.Hltt~. E.trth h.Js nc; ( ,f~ tv.>, Jupiter twe:"'~ S:.turn lllllt: , bn n di~tWC"red a ttc:ndJ 11g ~r.rcury, '' l nu3 or 1-'lu to. o ,,r ;uc>'~n is the on., sa;:dlire ..,islule tJ cht: n.1h-d ~}e from e:1nh. M01t of th(.': uthc.n require r:uher lafRc tel~opet in order v .;ce them. But thts is n ot t1uc: For cl:e cc;ur br~cr w~rllitc:s of }t~pi~r. whkh were the lint ~ttonomiol oo;~ to be d:.;co\'erl!"d 'lfttr the ir" ~n~ion o f the:. t!'le- ;c.-~ n IrtlO. It w:u in J.anuJry ol rh:~t yc:ar dtJf :Jn }1,lia1 &;,~rl)tlDmer n.m1ed C ,tileu tnrnetl hb catule litrl e in.sttu,ncnt t~n :u.,!- t('r .md S.l"" ~h:at ~met! to be th.e.~ ~.u:~ \ r.us nearhv. H.: th c>ughr, Jt tint, t! . .1t the'le vere distant ~t<Ut rh..at hapPC.-1t"t'i :o t c ir1 ab,.,ut cite <;ame d1recti,,. .u Jur-att:r , .. nJ thu w~r~ '~<"~n 111 the ~:u:te pan r..f t:1e Rut. a~ he cmtlinutd ro watch, :t:SJ~t .tfcc:r ni~hr. {hoe "sur~" bch:t\ed in a r~;-;t ~li;ar way. ~C'cim~ tb~ wen~ no O."l c 'lcie of }:Jpttrr, r.ometima on the orl1er. On~ night there were only two. anti ~.,.~n .. ooth~r ~:uion .he saw four. c;~'>n h~ r tized what t~y were: D 1..t sC~rs_ but sare!lites, oc moons, .. rc\"Otving Jround JupitC( ju~t ;u the rnnno revoiv~ .l\JI m t e:arrh. u tee they w"!re givm nJm(.-:~. rn (Jrd.:r out from the planet, they j&e :oJ,. Euop~. Gan;medc an<.l Callisto. Y,lu -;.1n ;c:t: th~os~ tnJT ~tdlirrs. v-ith .a w)Q(J p:tir of binocnl.a~, which i' . t c n- :i<itr J \,l y better in.strumcnt rh.i!l G.tlilr..~'' pruniutt! rel~scoP'!. They must be hdJ ' rry :;tc .ujv, lrm.,.eveT, pemap. with yoor ~arm~ r..:.mng 1ln w.me finn rupport. lo r.d~.:s J d.&y, 18 1--.ouN to rev<J{v~ .mltJnd the phmct~ Eur~ goes aroulkl in .i J;tvs, 13 ho\Jr<S. CJnymede in 7 d.aY't 4 h1JUrs, and C.t;\;Jto in 16 Ja71t li hoort. Europa md Callisro ue oE the su~h HJ~niuJ~ ju st Jt the Jixrjt of n2ked ~ ...isi~1lir; with a Jack dear sky. lo J nd GJn~mec!e are of fi fth magnitude. en0o1~ <. n.,,,.,l , w h ''"h r cpre"'"ntl t~ m,rn~ogic:al p~. ;'I ~'i ' ~J.) WaJ '.hou~d to Ule U>tOk. .> .;, SYMSClS ;:.QR ST.A~S Jft4 CAOfA C F 3D:GHTN~SS lo Caee (lnforaation Only) Septeaber 1961 San Prancico, California tM ten Mp ot tM oitJ. It Yiait ;tWill. ~. ~n t'rADCisco. CaUf. A c,lmde r, or l'FO .nth two bright lfahu w11s reporred hov~rlna over the western edae of rhe ciry m the ~rly m~rnbti hO'r<-. 1\~cordin& to ~-----the [.nterpnse. J onrn.l, ptt()toaraJJhs were tU.a and they wtb ........ by .. mtllta r v a &.Itt r itt .. Jupiter i nearly 20 times o bright as a first magnitude sto\ in September. Seen ' n Sagittarius, the archer, it stands in the south next to Saturn, James Stokley reports. 1'1 IH II \ tlar. Cl Clllfl).: k\, htpitrr j , thr. llltJr hrill l.ant, lu niut! n 1~11it ,.I.e t.u , it ts ~on picu " ' an the 'iPUth Ill CIJ11 tcll.ltillll uf ~J~ttt I i11 , the .tr~ht , Nn ,t,r, :md n() otll\'t piau t 't'('l\ 1 t 1 he ~:unc im , ., n pre: mlllellt nd thl' lllo l.c It . I ) I t nlif\. SatUII I ... n .. hurt dillt.m~;;c. h ' 1hc. 1 t~otht. , ud n tlr ' me ,nn lt llaw n. lt 1\ Ill id r:rJhh f.clntl"r, .tl dtnuRh ('q 1 d If' ,, bd~hr ~bll f the fu l m tJ:tll ttmlt . I' ... Jth 0f thct pi nc c;, s Vt 11 a th e t.tr , .u < ~hC1\\ n n th r c~c r tpan~ing tndJlS, \hi h d ,p1ct tht \kt'"" thr. lnok tboul ten p.rn., ,,.u )Wfl kincl u[ M:tncbrd ttn1t (ndcl , nc h 11 for .1,~ IIJ(ht .. van tt tc.:) CIO &-pt Thr 01pp cr inlll. cloo cllCtU t Jl ill<" u'c]tK k .It lhl lllU \cik f the ntOIIIL a nd d~ltt tl due a t thr: '""" 1 ht.: ltri~lw-. t \it" ,,f thr,<' t-\'t: lling is tru hi~h in the ,, ''lt. h J' \ c ~' in I vra, the hrt Sull hi~hr1, Almc.,: ctJrr.ctl} 0' C'r h<' td for thC" timc- oi our m. p!i, i" Plll<'b in < vgnn., the ma n. P:ut of tlti, IJUP is ho\', on the n ortlttrn \ky r.1 p, tit rl" t (" 11i ()tnc:b) on the souttlern. AtHI btgh 111 tl a uth in AtJnil.c, the ,.tg"le, is the 'lt.n ~allccl Alwir. . ,\lt.tir .. nd Vt-gJ .~re all of the fit~t ana~nitucJr, or brighter. In a~ clitic)tl, thre:c other tlr 1 m.l~lll!ude s l.trs rc c;ho' n <lll th l fll,IJh , hut t hev .111 .trc !=o low tlt,,t the1r h,.;ht is ~.or ~idcrahlv dunmcd by h~ ~r< te r h11 kne~' of .tt~ow .. phrn 11 ha to l't'IIC'trare Capella Standi Low in Northeast Low iil the 11t t~ cc .. t i ( rpdla. in \Liflg,, t htdt3fl(lltc-r rJ.j~ ..... iU.JH)\( IIHV .t m e prominnH posuio n in the e rntn k duri11g thr. au tumn. Ar"urus, in !.\ootts, he: herd llh n, u; IPw in the north\ est. I )UrJng the l.uc pnng ud urnm r it wa more promin<-ut in thr evening ly, tnd ncn it i about o di. tpeu fmm \ I '. And low 1n tlt 'Jth in Pisd Au tnnus, the ~ourhc:.rn fish, 1 Fom:albaut, now :n ell ut its be [ posilion f<>r o ur lantudco:, nd hgh as it e\c:r r omes f r us. From m ore dv ooumr r i t ri~ high< r . At lVto Ale re, in sourhcr n Dr 7il, it p;, ' d ir0\"11y o\ crhc-.,J. I oo townrd tht north . Tht: gn~ tt dipper, 1rt nf \Jr. bi~r, the Hft<~t hear, is 11c:1r th ltori. on , nd poor! ' phtlt'd. llut r.x- tcudin,.; UJ)\\ tro {him ic 1 1bc hm~ and "11111in$l Ct~OO.I lbtioll of l>1 acn, the clr 1~ 11. It ' 1nl around r Mi not , tlu: 1es,er brar, of \ llich the r<M ' tar, P)lari,. ;,. l' rt. Hd ro the: oth cr ~ide: of Po1:tn , i l' he tWJ thc.c t, tllli d C.t iopcJ.t, th e qut>c n. ~ iattlc IJJ~het i Cept1~u , t he k inJt . A (N the other naked planet~. V cn u no" Vt t I 10 rJu: r~Hctn k-., fo t .tllOIIl t 'r> hour bef, tc ... unri~. Mc:rcurv a nd \ 1.u a te t , nc:.ltl\ in th e arne di1c::Cti n as th<: un to be vic;ible ea(il . In the c;u!wr y tem, ou f. r ,., we k n ow, th~r I C 31 llRtUJ;tl Ulclf itr.~-~m.clJcr btl<is CtUIIIJlln)ing planets Eart h has ne, M trs two, Jul'itcr twch ~. Saturn m nc:, tlrnnus f1 c and NqHlll't r \\ <1 bt c 11 dt!.\ n\ r1cd a uend111g Mrr, ury, V11us C 'm fllc)(l1 1 the only s:ttcllite i 1Lie to tlw nakro e~ c ft om e~nh. Mosr u tlw uthc-r rc Ju ire r;thct" l.!rgc tele.;co s in r t' c.-e them . Rut thi j, "''t Lr11c-fc1r the: I u r lar ger kllitcs of Jupitr r, " hidt were t he fir t a~tronomical objects to be discc'l~ered Alter the imentiun of the tdc It y.;a~ in }anuat y oi th.at 'C.lf that an 'lt"'lllll An tilf'V'I YEMOO 1 limn r.tronomc named Galilco Gahl t turned hi o mle lirtlc insttumcnt on Juru cr nd :-.'1"-"h H ~med tfi be thrt't:: f mt stan nc.arbv. I fc th(Ngtlt, at firs~ th t the~ were dnt.mt ~tan that happened to I'K. in :1bc ut rhc: ,,,me ctirer.fioe Jupiter, ;anu thu w re ~en in the :.me parl of the RUt, ,, he continurd to ' ' tch , ni h .tcc:r night, th c "Jtus" hcha\Ct.l in A m t peculiar w ny. Sonwtim~ they w~re on one " lr: of J upirr.r, smnetimes nn th otht.r night there were only t"" ~md on anot!.u c~ca ~on he saw four. he rt'atind what d te wer not t.mc, hut ~:urllites, or "moons," rr.volvm 11 t)Und h1;>Jtct ju~t aa the m oon revolv .1hou r e:.. rth Lll tcr th ey werr. ,Pven n:iHllC5 In nrdrr out fr c>nl the planet, they ; re lo, Gan ymede ;jnd Callisto . Yo\1 can sec th c&e four s:~tdlites ith a Rwxl p:tir of biuoculur , which is :t con "'idcr.ahly lx.ttcr in trumen t than Gahlco' pnrnillV! 1eh ~cope. T hey m ust be held '('fY Sit :u.ly, h('wcver, perhaps with your .a rut r~: 'iting on S<lfne firm support. fo t.1k 1 d y, 18 hour to re-.olvc nruund the pl nnt:t ; Europa goes around in .i cl v J3 lwurs. G:tnymt"cle in ? d ys, 4 honrs, ncJ Callisto in 16 days. l i hour E ur opa nnd Callisto are of the slsth ma~nirude, iu~t at th e lim it of naked ey \ i ibiliry with ll dark dc:.ar ~ky. lo nd G.mvmcJ c :ue o fifth magnitude, r.nouW1 ~If II II th I 11 tht ea stern sky } ou will find Pc:tsu s, th \\ in2ed hor:, e. and thi cont:.Aiu a tdlher pronainrm fi~urc, even though the statl'i uc: not o bt i" h t. Thi. is the .. grt!41t !i<Jilare," whl)~ r('gul.n <hapt makes it rasy 1 l lJallt", Actu .dh, the nnrthcrnmo-.r. sr:.r, ~.~lie i lpherat7., .nOt in PC'gasus .H .til . h i in tla~ ncxt-<1 r oou~telbttt n ( At\ dtOJII Ia, "'hich repr rnrs the mytho1Dgkal J nn v. h.> Y. a haaned to the r~k o SYM80LS FOR STARS IN ORDER OF 16 -30 SEPTE~IBER l96l SIGHTINGS Valpariso, Ind_iana Raleigh, North Carolina Johnson Island Middletotm, Ohio WSW of Muroran I Bokaido, Jf!l)an e A~&: Military Green Bay, Wisconsin l\eUt..,6. . Military North Concord AFS, Vermont Military Lincoln, Mev Hampshire (Visual) Buntingon, Indiana _,, (RADAR) !tlisawa, Japan t.A' ln\,.tN6 Pan American Airlines Madiscm~ Wiacona~ Danbury, Connecticut Washington, D. C. 67.38N 163.25W (Bering Sea) Dayton~ Ohio N of Tonopah, Nevada GraftoaJ North Dakota Charleston, West Virginia Pine Mountain, Georgia Detroit Lakes, Mi!lnesota Ukiah, California Ga t.hersburg, Mar .::.? ....... d Pacific Coast Nev York City, :~rk Waterton, Conne =~ Indian Springs ~ i..a.s Vegas, Nevada New Jersey Militar {RADAR) t-tili tary (RADAR) US Coast Guard ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHT.INGS (NOT CASES) U:-tiverse Duluth, Chicago, Bloomfield, New Jersey Connecticut 'r:arrenton, Ne-..ts Ltr Nevsclipping Newsclipping Newsclipping EVALUATION As tro (METEOR) Astro (SIRIUS) Astro (ANTARES) l. Insufficient Data 2. Insufficient Data Sa&lellite Insufficient Data Other (MISSU.E) Other (R">'LECTION) . Other (FLARE) Insufficient Data As tro (VENUS) 1. Astro (JUPITER) . 2. UNIDENTIFIED As tro ( r1ETEOR) As tro (METEOR) As tro (METEOR} Insufficient Data 0 ther (CONTRAILS) As tro ( r.tETEOR ) Other {ECM) Aircraft with Contrail Insufficient Data 1. Astro (V&~US) 2. Balloon As tro ( AURORA) EV.ALUATION