PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 3. DATETit.\E GROUP .C. TYPE OF OBSERVATION S.. PHOTOS o :Cround-VIsual 0 Ai r- Vi suol 6 . SOURCE .ililitc.ry 7. LENGTH OP O&SERVATIOH I . NUMBER OP OBJECTS 10. BRIEf" SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTlNG: ::.:.-vis rc:;.ort of U./0 UUC 25 r:.bcN~ horizon (~::.::::::::ii!'lg in'!;o horlzon :in .\TIC FOJtW )2t (R&V 2t 8&P f2) 0 Ground-Radar 12. COHCLUStoNS Wo Balloon 0 Probably Bolloon 0 PoniWy Balloon 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Aatronomlc~ 0 Pouibly Astronomical ~ Insufficient Data for Evolu.otion 11. COMJ.IEHTs....i...":l..i-ced. ir:.fo. )e:;cri:pti~=- -::~:. ~co in:onplctc for e:vn.lUD.tio~. li. ".;d as i.!13ufficicnt d..<tt:J. Vandenberg. . California St. Thomas. Virgin Isl~ds 20 Ni T;J of Junction. Te:tas . Nilitary Goshen, Indiana lfashington, D. C American Airlines Ch~cago, Illinois 50,31N 17.JOW .(Atlantic) Amityville, New York 40N l74W (Pacific) 61.15N o6.4~w (Atlantic) T 3ll . Florida lft.ul tiple !iilitary Iw!ili tary Chicago, Illinois Goodletsville, Tenne3~ Bartlett, Illinois Dayton, Ohio Ilil i t ary REFOR!ED SIGHTINGS (NO'!' CA.S:SS) U::.iverse S p=ingfield, Ot:= Sac~ento, Cali~c~ia Southwestern Uci~i States Danvers. Massachussatts Science News Ltr News CliFping Astro (r:E'fEC.R) Other r>:ISSITE) Other (SATELLITE DECAY) A.stro (r-tETEOt1) UN IDE!iTIFIED Astro (I,!E'I'EOR) INSUFFICIENT DATA INSU?F'ICWIT DATA INSO~'PlCIE~-JT DATA ~uFFICIENT D4TA SATELt~TE Astro (:.1ETEOR) Astro (BET.ElCEtrA) Astro (REFRACTION OF AIRCR~FT . Other (COZ4TR.ULS) Astro (SIRIUS) Astro (SIRIUS) EVAl.UA.TIOt.f "}tPARTMfNT 0' mr AlP FO R C.! ( STAFF MESSAGE &RANCH R f~rr~LAoto Mu~i~: N G RBE P\11 RJt~FALB CIN-14, ARMY-2, CMC-7, OOP-2, DIA-2, OOP-CF-1, SAFS-3 FM HAW AIR DEF DIV KUNIA ANNEX HAt~AII TO RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAt~ AFB l-iA'TAII RBHPQ/COMHA'~SEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HA INFO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC RJWXBRB/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NEB RBEPlJJ/CNO t7ASH DC RBEPW/SEC~lAV 'JASH DC RJ'.IFALB/CHlCNORAD ENT AFB COLORADO RBHPA/CINCPAC CAMP H~ SMITH HAt.rA II RUHPFS/CINCIJSARPAC FT SHAFTER HA''AII RBHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOq HA'!AII RJAPAZ/COMUSJAPAN FIJCHU AS JAPAN RUAMCR/COMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA RUAGFL/COMUSSTDC TAIPEI TA!'~A~ RBHPHHI COMH A 'ISEAFRON KUN !A TUNNEL A n=::x RB HPD/ COMA S'IFOR PAC FOR D I SLAD N H4 "'A I I UNCLAS/CIRVIS/V43204 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING 09JECT D'E SOIJTH OF POSITION 40N 173'! 3~/0705Z FIRST OBS::RVED 25 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON. INTENSITY APPROX THAT OF SECOND t'.AGNITIJDE STAR. DISAPPEARED .o/ HORIZON 0715Z ALT AND SPJ::F:D IJ~lKN0 NO EVALUATION BT NOTE: MJV CY DEL TO OOP-CP & CIN 300530 ASTRONOM Y Look for Jupiter Early Jupiter can still be seen in th e eve ning sky during No- vember in the constellation Capricorn us. The winter constella- tions are making their appearance, James Stokle y reports. :JJ-T HE PL-\:"ET Jupiter is still prominent the e:ening sky during November, but vou h.l'>e to look soon after the sky darkens. Only two r.1onth.s ago it was visible until ar.d even into the early morn- ing. But :n the beginning of November it sets soon Jt:c:r 10:00 p.m., rour own kind su.nd.ud rime; anJ about 8:30, nt the of the month. !:>ok earlier in the evening-even before the sky is entirely dark-you will see it in the southwest, in the constellation Capricorous, the horned goat. It is so much brigh::r than any o:her planet or star i(10!e (magnitude minus 1.8 on the astronomer; sole) that it .1ppe:m first. And a little ahe.1d o Jupiter, toward the right, stwd:. anrhe: planet-S:~rurn. It is about an ele,:o:b :>s bright :JS Jupiter, although equal ~" a first magnitude star. Neither luoit :r nor Saturn are shown on :~.:clrn;,:l;j'ing m:~ps of the ~ovember evenio~ s~.::>. The~ depict the he:wens as they lcok a~oQUt 10:00 p.:n. at the first of :-.=ovc:rrber, :,Out 9 :()1) Jt the m iddle of the month anJ ~-~ ol) at the end. Thus, thc:se pl<~neto; ,'J c just be: low the: southwestc:rn horizon. Put th:: ~urs m.1ke :t brilli:lnt dis- pl.,y, for '' e are h<:ginning to see some of the cc>n~tc: !Jl!'ns th:n 111.1kc the evening ~kies of '' :n:cr so $tloriom. For e \ :r:ple, look O\er tow:m.l the e;~st. Th~re, a !ble above the hvri7on, you will s: e three moderately bri$;ht st.lts in a verti- '' ith brighter stJrs to the: right and ldr, :lnl :>n<.-ther quite a bit above. The t..'uc:~ stars in a r u'" nu rk the belt of Orion, t he wnrior. Of the two bright stars, rhe one to the ri;,tht, '' htch W:t> placed in one of his ieee in the old sur maps, is called Rigel. The cone to the ld: IS Betelgeuse, in his sht-ult!er. When he is sec:n in this part of the: ;~,,, Orion is on bis back. H e is up- ri~ht ''hen he climbs h!~h.er in the south. The sur a:,Ove, ''hich 1s distinctly red in i~ .\:<!e~aon, p:1rt oi Taurus, the bull. And fu:..':er to the !eft (on the: map of the nor the:: h~' ~ c-f t.1e sky) is CJ pelb, in Aur- lgl, the c:u:-:c:e:r. &low this constellation is a grou? c .. !!~d C e:nini, the twins, whose brightc:<t ,J: s Je nJ:n:d C..;:or and Pollux. C: tor i> d :.h: ~e.:<..'ld m-: ::-itude, and Pol- of th: t~rs:. Dot.\ hv''~':r, are consid- rr:~bly c!t:nrr.c:d Lec.1u>e t~;e: .1te so nc:1r the horizun, a:1d their li)::h t i~ a::-sorbcd by the atmo(phe:e. Turnin~ rc\\ 1rd the n<lr:h,,cst two more hright sLr> :1r.: 'i'lible. T he lower i~ \'cg:~, in I.yr.1. t!r h re, "hilc: tla: nne above-i~ Deneb. i 1 r_;-. :;:nth. the " ' Jll F.trther to the confusing them with Orion's bc:lt, in which all three are of similar brightness. Altair, in midd!e, is considerably brighter tha n its two compamons. Low in the southwest stands a nother fir~t m<~gnitudc: st:~r, called Fom:~lhaut. This is about all that you can see of Piscis Aus- trinus, u'le southern fish. But the people in Buenos :\ ires see i t much bettt'r, for it passes direcdv overhead. Low in the nor th you can see the great which is part of Ursa M:~jor, the larger bor. At this time of year the: group i~ in i::s pc.orest e' enmg sky pmition. bo'e it is Pohri~, the pole star, wh1ch is a par. d the smaller bear, Ursa Minor. And still higher sta nds Cas~iopei:~, the queen, \\hose princip:1l stars now form the: letter ~!. In a<!Ji:ion to Jupiter :~nd S.1tu1n there three other planets that c.m eve r be seen with the: naked e)c:. Two of them are visible in :-.=ovember before sunrise. Vwus :~ppeari low in the southeast about an hour before th : sun. It is even brighter ,h .. n Jupiter, so j,. easy w sec-if you look at the corre;:t .: :ne :-.nd ploce. On :-.=ov. 7 ~ lcrcury re:~ches "gre.Hcst e!ongation," the position f.1rthe~t west of the sun, anJ su ri~c~ :1 little before ~unri-;e. For a fc:w cays arounJ t.bis J au: )'UII may t-e able to see it, near Venus a nd con ~idc:rahly f.1int::r, as dJwn is bre:~king. :O.Iar~, the: th1rd p' net, ca:mot tte Se'"JI <~t all tht~ m onth bcouse it is too nearly in the sJme trcction as rbe sun. Mid-~ovcm!>cr is the time of one of the most f:ur.cus of meteor showers, the On any clear, dark night, if you w:!!ch the sky for a while, you will see a or shooting "star." Ac tually these not stars at all-merely small bits of cosrnic debris th:~t enter the earth's at- mo~phere from outer space where they cn- coun ter so much friction thJt they burn up in the flash of light one sees. During any night a single observer c.1n see about sen~n such meteors per hour, oo ::t\'ear.t~. T here are always more after miclnight than ~fore; in the early mortoing we r::eet them head on, while those the evening ha,e to be moving f:~st enough w ca:~h up to the earth. These s;>oradic meteors may move in any direction :~cross the sky. :\ t certain times of >ear, as around :-.=ov. 16, many meteors seem to rJct .. c: from one particular region. the :-.=o.ember meteors this is '-lle con- stclbtion o! Leo, the lion, which now ris~s a round m:dnight. The effect i' ac~ally one of perspective, for the mc;tors are moving around the sun :t huge sw:mn th at follows the orbit of a comet !J<;: seen in I S66. The orbit o this o,<es the eJrth 's path in mid. left, :t It <c: h.,er th:ln \'cg t, i' Alt.1ir, in :\quill, l.e le. Here n~:ain we: h:ne three ~tus in '' but ther.: is ltttk ch:111ce of SYMBOLS fOR srARS IN 0~::>::1 OF sr>lGHTNESS hus, .-cry )ear :lt IS ume, we mC'et them coming into the earth's :atmosphere in p:arallcl pa ths. But, just as the parallel tracks of a railro:~d seem to converge in the dis- unce, so do the tncks of light maclc by the meteors seem to converge. Jt h appens that the point of apparent convergence is toward Leo, :~nd that is why they seem w r:~di:lte from that part of the sky. They :tre there- fore called the Leonid shower o( meteors. some v laces the Leonid SW:lrtn i~ much more concentrated anti when the earth encountered these in p.1st ye:.rs, there w:as a shower of meteors of extr.tordinary brilliance. One of them was in 18l3, the ' 'year the stars fell on Alabama." This year, bowe,er, about N ov. 16, you shuulcl see :m avearge of 15 to 20 metcnr' an hc.ur, in . eluding the strays th;lt do n ot hlong t<> :hft ~!lo" cr. There will be more after mid-I night. :-.:ot only w ill we then be 1ble tc mt:et tht:m head on, but the moon will h::'l ha,e ser. It is :1t first quarter on the: 15th, ''hen it sci~ about midnight. Ce lest ial Time Table for November Jr.>:r-o J.m. Moon f.orthc->t; tli-tancc Moon p.H\CS Venus c10n pa~;c) l\lcrcur)' Mercury f.anhc\t \\est of $1111; ' isiblc for .1 few lla)s around thi~ date: in smllht'.l\t just be- fo re sunri-.c Nt.w tnu<>n Algo l ( vari.thlc: HM in Per sellS)) :It miuimum brigl1t t :Nl :~.m. Moon p.t,se' S.11urn i: t J a.m. early a .m. Moon p.assn Ju pata Algol :tt m inimum at first quJrter Leo nid mct('(lr sho\\ er at hnt (sec text) 1 ~ rnidnisht Moon neare<-t; da,IJil<c t 7 9= 5 p.m. Alsol :1t tnanimum .!O 5 :;; p.m. Al~ol at m inamum l'ull moon Moon f.&nheo;t; 111\tJn'~ Su~':.r:Jd one: hour fo r CST. two h<our) for ~f5T, am! three hours f(lr Jl:\ r. Sci.,nce N ew Leller, 80;290 October 28, 1961 (Information Only) A!IlEL P.AIR acrose the ski~s n~r Cha :i~.,n, 1 5 November 1961 Chadron, ~ebraska tt::.:i..,P~='<lred trees, =a- a . _.,moon, r olllD6 !U it b ... ro~ !3~t~ling dovn ~r~ .tn.&ch s~all- an n~tr 3~e~s . w t Can !.e ~ouoamer ~ c.Mroo. Nebraska--A t':..rudfke dt:~f! d .. ~ raul J!C ttt:~en -.."" l!:ft on :he Theod->re C"()f7 f.um fo.UO..q sl&htlntl of a UFO. ~.tr. Goff attu.::;.xed m prQerore ::orne of lh-= .st.:bsl.anoe :r[ COtter'~ !t '-o1th CAil'YU, but u .tisd;~ued befora tnvet:tfq3tors unftld. ( SlnwJu to ~ll ~ ar;erJ s baJr-iftctd a&E3.) ~ber &pear PqalarGro.e:.DL- P.oyd G. Gurna!\Sen and his son ,.wthree 'd~.$ha9ed' ob)e:Cts ~ut'i lH.m. w~i.le duc:k-huctln~ 'Ibe UFOs awe-t~ ' . !>rf~ 3S if of btlihlJ pol13~ lfoCQ} ... :j'\j '4ere yi.slble tt:u cs. broken c gJds ""re MO.Jt" ane munb ~ aap.u~t di 1I'UiftlU of lhe full .nooa. aad tno-red in ' ::.r.aladaUDt:t lonnad~& , ~o Case (Information Only ) 10 November 1961 Baltimore, Maryland s.J.t1cr., a tallic ctrcular, aJWng,/ goe~hite lif'Pt.ri hwudnc ob- ~e-=~' waa aeen by sevoral rosident on .... " n:'.ght. o~ Nov. lOth. ODa o~ the wit-\ ~ aailll t.nat. the white li~t. were Aining brlghU7, a.. it t.hro\tgb pcyt-: _ :-.ole' ill th bct.toa ot th! entt.. -~ era ,!1.1, 1 gt~Qp l~zJtr\ f'o:rp<U .. :-o ~AS3 ( HIFOR.'-\ATION ONLY) .3 : SAUCE~ Nf.:lAS, Mar 62 "t.!..l7. :,n!'e-.aetha, ana owe war.~ PM'\Ah!~ te ao wi Lihue, Hawaii SAUCER PB010GP.APY.!':> IN lU~J.!la ' TDIII picture eboYo vc.a t.ekl!n laat '<cT~.aoer 21st by lo'3se .\.rita of Lihul), Jla'f1li1. I t i a ono of ttto pieturea vhicb ~., ~":t ~tLt-ili:'l seconds of it&ch .,th":r wh.U~ the!.~ r~d iriatly eve:-hllf-- :--t~ ., .. ,c~. ~he obJect thon ::ip:>el-t..Yiay ao '}l:cLly t.hAt it d i'J~pp.,ared from .l l. ru110et. ina. '\Ant&!l_ oual7, a.etord~. g to the report. !':> t\t rth.or de. tails otrtt on .ilable. J.