PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONClUSIONS D Was Boll- Preltoltly Boll- DATI-TIMI OltO&J~ TYI'f Ofl GaHitV"' PoniWy Boll-" .IJ G..""~ Vt.uel D Graun-dR..t_. D Was Ahcroft Preltoltly Aircraft D At,.VIauol D Alr-lntonottt D PoniWy Aircraft D Was Astfo-lftlcol D PraltoWy Ast,.,.~t~lc.e 'iv i l i a n D Po .. lltly LENGTH 0' OIIIIYATtOH NUMIIIt OP OIJ!CTS ?1issiles. D lrtsufflclaftt Dote far Evaluotfett cev a r<'l' I"IIP IUI'MAn OP liGHTING 11. COMMENTS 'on~'1 t od b C:!'"V:?.t ion ce h e'lr :i. is taken ir.to consilicrJtion ; thus they give :J more rt:Jiistic idt:J of the way the stars look in the sky. the north, we sec the CJmiliar figure of L:rsa Major, the great bear, in the north- c.,~siopci:l, the queen, in the north- \\ est. and Andromed.1, the princess, farther \\est. Above is Perseus, the champion, with Al~ol , a famous variable star. The Pleiades, in T aurus, :1rc a group of sur~ that will repay some further condcra- tion. ~luch h:u been written about them. the Bible Job asks, "Canst thou bind the S\\ cct inRucnccs of the Pleiades?" According to the Graeco-Roman mythology, they were the seven daughters of Atl.1s :md Pleione, so they arc often called the seven sisters. But if you look at the duster with the n:~kcd ere, you will probably only be able to see ~ix ~tars. This has led to the myth of the "lost Plciad" and a ~rcat :~mount of folk- lore to explain why one is missing. Perhaps nne of the stars did shine more brilliantly past than it docs now and that is why the ancient writers referred to seven Look for the Pleiades If your eyesight is un~ually keen, and have a dark, dc:1r mght, vou may be le to sec two or three more of the Plci3des. With even a small telescope y ou can sec over a hundred, \\ h1lc lstronomic:al photographs reveal thousands. Try looking at them with bino.:'..lius or e\ en opcr3 glasses. Some of ~he swrs ~ou \\ill sec arc shown on the ~pca3l m 3p. Ftnd the Ple1Jdcs in the south\\ estern <ky in T aurus. Face south anJ hold the mlp of the Pleiades up as if rC3ding 3 b?Ok held :~rm's length. Now move your n ght :u rn t.l the suuthwen, rot:~ting the mlp to the ri,l.!ht s" th:tt the upper lett har... ~;)r.r.er pnints tlarectly up\\,ml. T he mao .t.nen the :~ctual po,itions of t he Plet:t..!c:s in the ~ky. The: si'< that arc usuall y seen \\ tth the n.e\..cJ c\'C :1te .\tl.l~ (magnitude 45) . s:cta (5.1) and Electra ( 4.6) .. Ple1on~ Sterope :~nd Cclacno arc each aoo~t 6., m.agnatude, and it is generally cons1de_red th.lt the fifth magnitude is about the f3Jnt ev th1t can be seen without op:ical aid. In plotting the motions of the surs, astronomers have found that th~ in the es arc traveling together like a Bock (If birds. They are mo,ing :~long lines that arc really parallel but which .sce.'Tl to con- \ erge, on account of pc;rs~tl\'C: They. are converging toward :a pOint 1n Onon, a lmle to the cast of Betelgeuse. Quite a number of faint stars ncar the Pleiades arc moving in same way, thus demonstrating their membership in the duster. At present the Pleiades arc at a dista~cc th:1t their light, tr:IVcling 186,000 m1lcs ever y second, takes nearly 500 yeus to reach us. Long-c.xposurc photographs, through l.arszc: ob~ervatory telescopes, show th:H the stan are enveloped in a cloud of dus~, \\ hich shows up by the starlight th at tt brin~ the year's first eclipse, but nm much o it \\ill lJe ~ccn in the ted St.1tC, .lnd c~n:llh. Along the \\Cq \:OJ\1 the )Un, just J) it is ~ctting on Feb. 4, VVinter Stars at Best ( r rmtillltt"d from r<~J:t> 5'J) will be I'" tly W\'crctl hy the d.1r\.. cli~c o( the: moon ''ill completely co,c:r the sun a~J a total edip~e \\ill be \ i~iblc, Jlong a' IJ.Ith 60 to 10() mil~s ~v!de. Thi! starts in Uornco :1~ the ~un IS rl\tn){. thc:n passes O\'er the Celebes, Cer:1m, New the Solomon biJnds and, after a stretch of open oc~an, Palmyra Island, which is about I ,300 males ~outh of H ono- lulu. After that the path goes toward the northeast, ending as the sun i~ setting about a thou~.end mil~ wc:st of lower California. At Palmyt:~, the )till will ~ tot:~lly eclipsed Cor more than three manutcs. At Salamau:. at the ea)tcrn end of New Guinea the eclipse will last about 2}4 min- F~rthcr cast, the duration will be less, :lDd the sun will be more poorly placed in the sky. H owever, many astron~crs h:lYc taken up po5itions along the cchpsc tr:1ck, to observe features of the sun th :u c;~n best be trudicd when the moon hides the uril- liant sobr disc. Celestial Time Table far February 7 :10p.m . New moon; tout a:hpsc: of sun visable in P.mfic Ocean 5 8 :oo .t.m. Mc:cury bc:twn c:2rth :and sun s:oo p.m. Moon narc:st, dis~ncc 111,700 8 1 :oo p.m . Jupiter o n f:u side nf sun 9 1 :46 l .m . Algol (\.:lriJble sur an Per<t-u>) :u m anemum t o :43 :~.m. Moon in firn qu:utcr 0:36 p.m . Algol .at man&mum 14 7:25 r .m. Al~:nl Jt manamum JO .p>o p. m . ~loon f.arthest, d e)tJncc l5l, 17 10:50 J.m. Moon 1n IJ>t quarter 5 :on p m. Pluto nearest arth, di,tJncc J.nn6,ooo.nnn miles Subtr.t.:t o ne hour io r CST. two hours for ~1ST, :and thrc:e hours for PST . NE!IO FOR THE RECORD: Subj : Call from taken by SSgt H Jones, at He said he vas interested in aerial phenomena and that last night (24 Feb 66) he and were taL~ing about their sighting of 1962, in February, vben they were drinking, he said you talk about this when your drinking. He knows its four years ago but he still wanted to know about it. He's an ex Navy fly boy, altitude of object approximately 4o foot, 15 ft in length and diameter, no means of propulsion, j~t curious a bout object, aqua, grayish color, sausage shape, approximately observed in February 1962 ~n Los Angeles area, no other vitnesses other than he and his friend Los Angeles, California. He asked Sgt Jones (Mr iiilii!i .. -; alled Sgt Jones his pal) if they had anything then. S~ Jones checked file and repo ed t~at there vere no sightings at that time in the LA a eea. ~::;Ked Jones 1.:' :1e e;re:r got a report like this? Jones 'Sai d that we have had objec~s of the same cc:o~ :1ature reported,sooetimes they were air craft and others clouds, ~tc. ~e told J es that this couldn't have beer. an aircraft. Jones said that ~.~ :ou.!.cir.'t. :>'lJ 1-ln'lt. =-~ - s w1:thout :uor e of a description . He ::;aid tha-r. vell pal, you I j us:. sa td it ,., .. s a."l a ::-craft. said th~t it couldn' t be an aircraft, quitP. convinced t.ha t ther e was sone-r.."li:lg ~;:ere. Blu.."'1t on both ends like a sausage. eX"Oe:::ted a.n analysis over -r.ne telephone. J ones asked if we could send a form for him and his friend to fill out as ~e va s only on t he administrative end of ~yoing and filing and that he couldn't tell him ~nat it vas because the evaluator vas not in the office today. said yes h e ~uld fill out forms. admitted that he bad been drinking , he also sounded intoxicated. 3ent Form 164s on 28 Feb 66. NO CASE ( I NFOR.'iATION ONLY) SOORCE: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW, JUL, AUG 62 NEW ZfALAND NGw Pi)mouth mystery rhr ~\ !llll;;t .. n l'tl\t "" f t'h- nw,,rn"' " h rqhr hnllti hkco ob- Ph"' ut h ~1., l:ur tllalhl. ~PW l'j' "'' u+h bshenul.u wh.J '~aached t~ ert for ef. .. ut I 0 "''OOtdl "'''.i t ,.f,l\ th.oc at .h d .-fmitelv l l.oli llM llu ''' I.IIU .. , \.I 1 f1 l':dwo~r ,t, whu WM h~or t l .-fr .. J;I ,,f :. ' tdl r ::JIIin,r Nev Zealand !lo Case (Information Only) 5 February 1962 New Zealand N<;w Zealand -Feb. 5, 1962 A z:n:rs t~.i'ious, brig&1t, bul- l at-l:i.k\:! object flashed s c conas, sal. . :. c .J l. _, w::~s d~..fi..!it.....ly not 3 falli:1g A sid.l .r obj~c t wos ob- No Case (Information Only) 11 February 1962 Parque, Venezuela _ According to NlCAP on Feb. 11, i962 a large number ot UFOs were sighted by citizens ln?Parque Venezuela. At ~he Humboldt Plane\,llrium, Astronomer Se n or Carlo~ Pineda reporte1 that a bright UFO moving at high altitude"as if t owards the Mo~n" wa s seen. The sighting was confirmed by the newspaper El UniTeraal. No Case (Information Only) 14 February 1962 Bessemer, Alabama MEWS E.R'i~FS: :n 3eaeemor, Alabama, a iJ7 0 "4! seen iTf ae'feral pea pl iD tl2e .. rly o'feciD& of' rebruaf"1 l4t.h, and aceor~iD! to .:~ne report.. 1t. droppecl a r4 .ol~n subatanc 'lfr.ich aet tire to a $;roe.ry atore ... Ft...l~lfr )AJFo Lt'hA7~41\/ OOLCi::. . i L!!NN s:1H7~ LIXl!J?:!'f!'!Fl ED Fi...'!i.~lC tJSJZCTS \1HIL.E I N ORBIT& saw ~ .:rett n -oi' oa:u!.! ~hndng ob,:~c~s w!uc~ h:1ve beeu d e.scrii::Ga loosel:r vaa _,. Ll !'aci:l~ 'e::.< love~-! tr.e direc~icn 'lfhlc"t ! had e oase ~rc.~ vith normal orb:. c. a l ~j t.udt~, 1s..1. ju:st a s t !'e !'1:-s~ t"n;t3 o~ ~!-.e sur. eo.::1e ur octo the eap- eul,, l ;;la.need ?:.-:~ dovn l : :si.:ie t.o cheek sometr..ing, !nd "'~"n I gla.nc3C. bclck out, f1fY initial rsct.ion was ".hat I vaa looking i!\t.o '.l s tar f1.,ld rhe lit- tle t h ing tnt : L~ught (~t firt) to be tara were actuslly a bright bluish !reen, about t he oi:e a~ intensity ot a fir~fly en 4 really ~ark ~ight. These little pardelee were about 6 to 10 feet apart, !lnd there were litrlly t.hou- I&Dda of t~Am. As ~Jr as I c~ld look off to eac~ 3id~ 1 could eee t.heD4 and I could also see th bacK a long the ?th. Later on ! turne~ arour.d so that I wtaa facjn6 ~!ul d'.:-cticn f:-om which :.!-.ey e-;,~arec! to be -:c'll:ny; a!'\d alt~ugh, in trAt ~irec~! , toward tte brigh~ sunl:ght cf th~ dawn ~8:. of th~ ~!sap pears~, :oa s~i ;ould ~ee ~ f~y of e~ comin~ :.o~rd th~ caps~le. 1 ~ :::aov:r~ 7er; slow!; ~r..roug!-1 t. t'ielJ . : eDttllat.ed ~hAt ~:/ n'~"':lty ... hrough tn. ~iel~ waa so 5 ~o ? c::e~ r~r u~. The rtieles :~d ~ot , ~ ~o be e2ir ing from t ~3~'u1e. -, appe~r ~! ~T~ ar. ~7 ci~t~icution on e~ch ie<i l~ .,.~2.e f:-oo ~)cut p i n-:-:'ll'l , _:e t.o soc.Jt. th.ree-~1ght.a : i" an :.!lch in dia::t- C.r~.,.linl~,-, in ~i:J ... !-:~ e yearq J::' :nt,nasit~ "loyl:.-w~.:.~;.eal, phya!:cal a.-,a .11.,::\t..al trai!\!n?;t uler .. ~ ''"~ :aught ~0 diet.ing-..1i'!\ tet'W~er. :lh,:;!,;:al O~J8C'U and Y!:tual ill\;~icr.a. The !:OS':. Ulcely the,.,ry a:iT~ceed : o 1~t+~ s t!-.a,;. the oatroc~t1.t saw f:-c.:.,=. !roplet.a ..,j.,t:t~d ir.;.o ~-e fri7:'.!l~7 ":' t.pace from a coolin~ deTiee on hia ' ee~ratt. Yet, eYsn t~s explana+1on coee not suf~ice. ~ring a Tisi~ to ~he ?ar.u.;-:m la~ t ll(areh, "e .,.,r to:c. <:. '"'.a~ t n. object3, some ot which were aa l&rg!! 111 an i:cc .1 Ul e!.u, 1-r..tll ha'1e !'1C+. been id.,ntified. Haturally, 'tM crackpots ~-,., AOtten : nt.o 't!le flct .\ fa414"tieal Ad.- aaaki 'Npport.er, l".o ~ball realn uuel~CJ9 here, ':"uls iJaued a j)reaa, releaee elai~n~ that Jo~ Gie~ firefl1es~ con!irm ~or~ Ad4aeki's absur~ ela13a cle ::..n b!.a book :naids the Spaee Ships, pt1bl.!c ned. in 1055. I n that. bof')k A.d- amelr: -iee~ribeoi sauear fl.:.~bt.s he made "fh~l~ N::TTet"-1:.. ~hlloso;h!cllll7 "ttit.h att~ct1Te iz:t. ::-plllletary a:en and ~ome!"'. !-4o!!t o~ :.,i:: cs4;.atemen~5 ..abou t outer Jp&ce haTe been p~o7~n wron; . rut. in cne y&3S&g'5 h~ J!d u1e tho 'ford tire- ~;., cie:Jcri 'oe a ;:henoJte30n he alle~-ea to i:la?.., 5esn. I l:r..ir..k, hoveTer, t.hat. Col. Glezm' s ... l a:!m to be tl-.e fi:-:Jt. American 1!'\t.o out.ar soe.r:e i J not. in QJ seriou.e danger 1 ADOther Tery int.ere9+.ing pheno.er.o n rrom the Glenn fli~t ia ~hovn i!a the !.)b.ot.o at the loj) of the na:rt pege. 'l'!li9 p'1 -:ture, ta n fro m ths !Jos A:t- tv (j R.:if+E.~ tV 0 +f I 0 00 RJEDc;n DE RJEZHQ 321 FM HED USAF WASH D C INFO RJWFALB/CONAD RJEDSQ/FTD FM USAIRA RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL TO CSAF WASH D C TATE DEPT WA~H D C NASA WA~H D C Ii,fO 11~7 USAF FAG FT BELVOIR VA Cli:C 1\~ I E I') UAP.RY HTS C Z CAIRB 1\LDROOK AFa C Z Al~FTC PAFB FLA X THIS I S A JOINT MESSAGE FROM SCIENTIFIC ATTACHE D AIR ATTACHE X JULIETT DASH O~E X USAF FOR AFCIN X LlUMEROUS EFFORT!' DURING WEEK TWO FIVE DA~H THREE ONE MARCH INDICATE METAL FRAGME~iT~ HAVE 3EEN RECOVERED FROM WIDE AREA IN SOUTHERN PART OF STATE OF ~INAS GERAIS AND NORTHERN PART OF STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO PD COORDINATES OF AREA FOLLOW<; CLN TWO ONE ZERO FIVE SOUTH FOUR THREE TWO FIVE t~EST ~MCLN TWO ONE THREE FIVE SOUTH FOUR THREE THREE ZERO WEST SMCLN Tt~O TIIJO ZERO ZERO SOUTH FOUR TWO ZERO ZERO tolEST PD PIECES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE FALLEN FROM A FALLING OBJECT FROM c;v ov::::R DRAZIL PD AT P?ESEl~T TI:1E FIVE DIFFERENT PIECES OF METAL No Casa (Information Only) j~cts K rc3 the t.y;j c -l r'l,:,rin~ s~uc..:r