PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Ridge, New Was Balloon December 1962 wllton Connecticut 0 Probably Balloon 3. DATE.TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Ball4on Ct:tiround-Vi suol 0 Grounci-Raclar Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Ai~ Visual 0 Airlntercept R oclar Po:ssi bl y AI rcrah Was Astronomical Meteor Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical LENGTH Ofi.OBSERVATION a. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Insufficie nt Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 11. COM.II,EHTs Comet-like object flashing across sky Observation confined to to SE flaming tail, head brilliant area althoug h duration blue-white~ falling . Low rptct'most probable cause altitude. Believed by to meteor. o r decay. ATJC FORW 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Air Force Co~and Pos t Pentagon 6uilding Washington~ !>. C. G9ntlemen: a clipping ''/il ton >=lulletin 0e<.:eJuar s~t_;nt:eJ. the t:::.t:en from the 0f .~nteras t sa:n~ object f.ro:n .'.'ll t on at 5:25 r.L-~ 0ece:;Jber 14th. fal l ing in a south easterly direction tow:lrl the tovtn of :rest on, Contwc t icut . !i ton, Connecticut Duty Officer Air Force Comms.nd Post Washington, D.C. Pound Ridge, December 26, On December 14th at approximately 5:30, I saw a brilliant flash, flames, and. sparks descending from a law altitude to the ground . . At that time, I reported the incident to the New York State Police. However since that time I have been in contact with Dr. of 'vilton, Connecticut, who witnessed the same incident and r eported it to the Air Force and advised we do the same. If this information is at al 1 helpful (direction, etc.) I shall be most happy to cooperate. Yours truly, portant, Dr. Heller said. Dr." Heller Sights Brilliant Object. s;; n~a;e::ero~r : .National Academy of Sciences Near Ridgefield-Wjltoli. ~order Dec. 14- c i::!:!e::: -s C~lll t " National Aeronautics. and Space ' ; A.' coinet-nJce object,', !lashing' .SparkS-ralln;gy t t ~e~bled. II hid. come o~t of orbit and wa~ Agency-i. ,_ .. : across the sky near the Wilton-roman ctmdle>'fx>lt. towtl.rct earth effecting re-en~. In. any event-.r .. ~.:.;-:-.-:: .. :':"':"" ...... :-----. ' f . Ridgefield town lil11!l' was ob-from a ~latively 'hilth altitude.. for' the obJect to hi..ve success-. ----served by Dr. John. H... H eller Dt". Heller'-;teS~t>rted , ~ tUlly pehetrated: sutflclenUy far or Olel't HUL Road. . Wuton,; at BecalJSe' Of ~ the vfsibaUt y ot down.,l.n the atmospflere se> thti~ ' 5 :25 p.m . Friday, Dec. 14. as sps.rlt!' falllhg; the obfect must. sJ)IU"b: 1n Its cometary tail were he was trl'n-elUng south on Route have been at a relatively klw visible, It must have. been rea- 33 toward Wilton from hls work alUtude . when observed, al-sonably' large and probably as director of the New England though the spacttic height can-dense. whJch Is to say, metallic. Institute cor Medical Research not be guessed at since the size ~ PiHes er a. Soviet satellite ef- in Ridgefield. was unkno<A'll. he said. Cected re-entry rec~ntly and one Proceeding Crom \Ve:.'t to east Two PO!IISibilities piece-was round embedded in on a flat proJectory or 4~ de-TWo po.."Slbillties are that U> the malil street or a Mid-West- grees. the obJect's head was a t~ was a me~r 9r sign~ant em conununity. Such pieces of 1 brilliant blue-white. A cometary a StZe or <2> that tt was a Ptece material are most important tail followed lt with many' of disintegrating 38telllte-whir:h scientilically. Because of their " protracted exposure in outet: space they have been.. e.'C]X)Sed to a larre amount of interplan- etary matter, ranging from mi- crometeorites to high-energy rays and particles from s6urces ns well as electro- magnetic rod1at1on. ,The recov- ery of such material 1! lt stntclc and embedded In the earth . be- fore being burned completelY . 1s quite important to sclentJsts. Dr. Heller guesses. in th.Ls case Dr. HeUer guesses ,in this case that because or the presumptive t.hJs chunk or material was not. desttoyed completely . U anyone sees an . unusual streak, or hole, or .pieces of ma- terial, It would be most useful' to explore. these to ascertain This observation has been re- ported to the Pentagon Air Fot-ce Command Post and is be- ing fed lnto computers in order determine whether one of the many orbiting satellites or boosters. whose trajectories are constantly being. tracked, may be anticipated to have a tra- ectory bringing It down in this o.tea . IC not. and i! the object