PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Dece mber 1962 Probably Ball oon .C. TYPE OF OBSERVAT ION 0 Possibl y Balloon OATETIME GROUP ~Ground Visual 0 Gro und- Radar Was Ai rc rah P robabl y Ai rcrah GMT 3l.LQ::!Q5Z 0 Ai,.. Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rad ar 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronon\1 col P ro b obi y Astronomical Merint uss Matagorda 0 Po ssi bl y Astro nomical LENCTHOfl OBSERVATION NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE t'JX Other ~at~llit~ 0 Insuffic i e n t Ooto for Evaluation 1&-BRill' SUMMARY 01' SIGHTING II. COMMENTS mall brig h t obj with available; elevation on course indications are Visible withou t optical satellite. Possible satellite. cloud coverage. ATJC P ORM 3l9 (RE V 26 S E P 52) No case (Information Only) 12 December 1962 Eent, Ohio from '!\Tin Lakes calle d the Km t Re- cord-Courie r . She spot ted a l a rge vr:1i te light , Hhic:-t changed to a bluish- \olhite .:1s it neared the earth. It D.Pl-earcd to be droping into the HOoded area between Lake st. & University hts . The light dropped to the earth in about 5 seconds . No C8se (Information Only) 18 December 1962 Milan, Italy APRO Bulletin July 1963 r oi fiyf~ ~vc 1i~r It bntt~ tn 1 ,r. : ,1 the ~atlh!ft<~!'-lh~ 3no){her ,. I ~it ~ttll't.od \ he fll"t m'le bad~ , -. o ::~ shjp whtch took ~u. l'f)li<"C i -.)wne-1 upoft 1he r~'tlort, b rt launc~"'fi ~ .-:ih . .'l3i tnvntit;:ilJOn. '\1c'lf'e 'N~l ~ aits ..re sec~ whf-n more d~ No Case (Information Only) 19 December 1 962 Tacoma-Seattle , Washington GT...OBAL S!GHTINGS: A IIff-3 eery object landed i n 40. f:t 'of .. water and mud near the Midway g r avel pit just off the Seattle- Tacoma Freeway on 19 De- c.P.mber 1962. VJelder John Liedtke, v:ho re=. ported the incident to the Stab " Highway Patrol, said he saw a l o t of eparks .f:.y:i_ng, t hought it was a car in trouble~ 'l'he n the object exploded i nto a big b~J~ of fire & srooke filled the area. St&te Patrol Head- quarters said there was a perfectly round hole, 15' across in the mud where the ob- ject landed. The Seattle Post-InteJli gen- cer, v1hich carried the story, did not elu- cidate on physical description of the ob- ct before it exploded, nor v;hether or not there was a search for d ebris in the UFO In Gravel Pit A mystery object landed in 40 feet of ter and mud near the Midway g ravel pit just off the Seattle-Tacoma F r eeway 19 December 1962. Welder John Lied tke, who ,eported the incident to the State Highway Patr ol, said he saw a lot of sparks flying, thought it was a ca r in trouble. Then the object exploded into a ball of fire aml smoke filled there:~. State Patrol Headquarters said there w::~s a perfectly round hole, 15 feet across in the mud where the object landed. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which carried the story, did n ot elucidate on physical d escription of the object . before it ex ploded, nor whether or not there was a arch fo r debris in the pit. No Case (Information Only) attle , Washington No Case (Information Only) 2 0 December 1962 Milan, Italy ......... ll, ..... ,'+ ltn'In MEI"'Sic:iH'dDmrt.ALit A pollcan in l6ln, 1tl7. ol.aiaa to have soOD a saucer ld.th ton> 1ns1.de it, jUJit befo" be """'t off, Cuty on the night of Deoeoaber 20th. The pol.ieoaan, n.amed Franoeaco B:in1, ""' " the following state=ents "I vas in a patio when I beard a sharp vh~ttling neer me. It C .o:-a saucer which bad an ol.UIDi-olored a.ppeanno" I sav tvo a~ooldng creator 1n1.d 1t.. Th.y vort1 not 1110" tmon tbre feet taU, and..,.... dressed 1n linoua clothing, ld.th atrange b11ck bel=eta on their bead.s. One of th came out of the saucer and geat~ to M s CIQ Jpt'D= ion, who ~ppeared 1n the batclD<)' The first creature looked at me tor a 110 """t. aDd th-. got. h&clc into the sauoer, vbich then took ott Terticoll7. , .. No Case (Information Only) 22 December 1962 Buenos Aires, Argentina AP~May, 1963 ARGENTINA-BUENOUS AIR~s-12/23/62 12 PM. A glowing football-s haped object sat down o n the rW'lway at t :1e Ez.eiza Int port. Mr A1ora, a tec ician, and Ee- sutti, tower operator, observed the lard- ing of the unconventional aerial object from the control to.:e r . The objec:. parked approx 1-l/ 5 m:i from the to\1er. The .lit- nesses described the object as flo.ri..ng ! a~1d f ootball shaped. t.t the ti!:le of the sight~ng,ot: .. - .. 0i and A:ora were controlling the J.acL~i.-1~ of a Pa !'\American DC- 8 , ~r.j p3id s. ~e:..rl at- t~ntion to the object durin:, t : .0 :..:1:1-iing of t!le plaae. Vis:..bility :Jt~S e..:-:~ellent. ',rmm c'i1~ c t3ct l.;;ft, i':. a~ce:1decl verti- ca: ~-Y at high speed, to nn altitude of l sc-o: ~ the.1 disa?peal'ed over ::.he horizon i:J. l'J'Jel flight. No Case (Information Only) Tl1c . \ddf!itlc .Uai! tl:l J:u111:<1T .=) retJOrtccl thi~ ~tr.l!H~. sil:htin'~ The s:H:c~.r wa~ fir~t si.,:h.cd 1 io.:y s:lid t!:t ohjvd fir:.t a!1 pc:~r,d as Ht~ bri~!.tt:;t st:u in t hi! sk\, but w:ts clostr lo the cartil ~11:111 ::1c nwon. ~lr. HoC'v s;lid ht. !1ad not s.:-cn the su-:.;11-:r li~!.t re.a.rn Lo >:'Lt. A Tonwocm1l>a p;:oto.e;r:;1h,r '' ho , isitt:cltitc s:tt lnr a !3:isll:u ..-ucw~paptr said l ::~'rC' w:ts c!,fin:tcl y snmnthin:; ,. Hoc :ttJ:.d, but 29 December 1962 Clifton, England 1 -31 JAlruARY 1963 SIGHTINGS 'Forbes AFB, Kansas . Akron, Ohio {Ravenna) 'Nantucket Point, !eng Island, ~ : "'Mayaguana, Bahamas 'Akron, Ohio 'College Park, Maryland West Carrollton, Ohio .Silver S-pring, Maryland 'Ludlow, Massachusetts , Rockport. AFS, Texas. ~:: . 'Belltlover, Calitorni~ Minneapolis, Minnesota , Loring AFB f.'.aine . Military ~0.37N 11.02 W (North Atlantic) Military Chicago, Illinois ADDITIONAL REroRTED SIGHTiroS (NOT CASES) LOCATION SOURCE Astro (ST.~/PLANET) INSUF)'ICIENT DATA Other (CHAFF} INSUFFICIENT DA~ AIRCRAFT Astra (METEOR) INSUFFICIENT DATA INSUF'FICIENr DATA AIRCRA.Fl' Astro (METEOR) EVALUATION DIA-10, DIA-CIIC-3, OSD-15 , CIA-11 (ll5J DE RUHLI{ }J 2 326 Aiq DIV KUNIA FACILITY HAWAII T O RUHLI{~/PACAF HICKAM AFS HA'~AII R'Jl{AC/CO~AL SEAFRml KODIAK ALASKA G/COf'".JESTSEAFROt-J SAN FRANCISCO CALIF RUPPQ IC Or-' H A'~SEAF RON PEARL HA RSOR HAl.~ AI I P.lF'O RU~AP.C/COFS USAF IJI,\SHINGTON DC ~U'TG~L9/CINC~ORAD ENT AFB COLO RUHPA/CINCPAC CAMP H M S~ITH HA~AII PUHAFS/CI~CUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII ~UHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBORHAWAII ~L'~IJ~Z/C !J."!USJAPAF F'UVUAS JAPAN RUM'!CR/C~USKOREA SEOUL KOREA RUAGFL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI TAI~AF PUHPD/COM~S'~F'ORPAC FORD ISLAFD HA~AII RUCSBq/r.I~CSAC OFFUTT AF'B NEBR ''E:C'I1/C'IO '/ASHINGTON DC ROEC'J /SJ:.:r-N A If '~'A SH P J GT ON DC ~AltrMJUT elf M AM ~'"'f U~JCLA'<r':ERINT/ I. XATAGORDA ? . S~ALL BRIGHT OBJECT SE AS SECOND MAGNjTDE STAR 5 . HIGH, POSITION ANGLE 39 DEG 6 . COURSE Ol55T T \1 ISI3LE TON/lKED EYE POSSIBL~ SATALITE 9. SA MODERATE WEATHER CLEAR~ 50 PERCENT CLOUD COVERAGE HIGH STR/lTUS LAYER NO EVALUATION 8T NOTE: ADV CYS DEL TO DIA, . CIN AND OOP_-CP 31/0~502 DEC RUHLKH S..:1F.NcE N~-.ws L~::nEI\ for N ot'cmba 21, /'161. Impressive Stellar Display Jupiter, Mars and Saturn will shine in the evening sky and the spacecraft Mariner will make the first close-up observation of Venus in December, James Stokley reports. ~ALTHOUGH ONLY ONE of them appe:1rs on our December star map, three are visible in the evening this month. of all-and the one that is shown-is Jupiter, which sets in the west about midnight on the first and about two hours earlier on the 31st. It is in the con- stellation of Aquarius, the waterbearer, and its astronomic:~! magnitude is minus 1.9. The m:1ps show the: :1ppear:~nce of the skies about 10 p.m. (your own kind of standard time) at the beginning of the 9 p.m. on the 15th and 8 p.m. on the 31st. At the~e times Mars will just be rising, but not high enough to be It is located in Leo, the lion. By midnight this will be well above the eastern horizon. t.fars' m:~gnitude will be minus 0.1, or about a fifth .1s bright as Jupiter. It will be brighter :my ne:1rby ~tar, and its red color will make it easy to identify. Saturn in Capricornus The third December evening planet is Saturn, in Capricornus, the sea goat. It sets an hour before the times for which the maps are dr:1wn. At about 8 p.m., on fir~t, the constellation of Capricornus is low in the west, just below Aqu:.rius, in which Jupiter stands. Saturn and Mars arc: all planets- members of the sol:1r system, like earth, and revolve around the sun, which illuminates The ~t.1r~, however, are oli~tant suns, each shining by its own lil(ht. The brighte~t shown i~ Sirius, also called the dog star. It is in Canis Major, the gre-.1t dog, low in the southeast, and its magnitude is minus 1.6. Thus it is nc::~rly as bright as Jupiter, l-:cause the brighter an object, the lower m:~gnitude, negative magnitudes denot- ing the very brightest objects. However, a star, Sirius appears as a point of light and irregularities of the atmosphere cause it to scintillate, or "twinkle." The planet Jupiter presents a small disc, vi~ible in :t te!t"~copc:, which does not rwinkle . \bove C111is ~lajor you can ~ee the: mag- constellation of Orion, the warrior, generally considered the finest in the sky. Three stars in a nc..rl> vertical row form his belt. The group :tlso includes two first- stJr~: Betelguese to the left, and Rigd to the right. T .1urus, the hull, i~ :~bovc Orion, \\ ith rmldy 1\ldeb:tran, another star vt the: fir~r ma~rtit1dc. e:Jst, contains more stars of this brightness than any other :~rea of the same size. This month of December, 1962, will prob- ably become an important one in a~tronomi cal history. For unless there are unforeseen ties, historians will remember it as the time of the first close.up observation of another planet by a spacecraft launched from earth. Ever since it was launched from Canaver:~l on Aug. 27, the spacecraft Mariner has been speeding toward Venus, the planet which comes nearer to us than any other. As Venus shone brilliantly in the western evening last summer and in the e.1rly autumn, it was moving in tow,1rd us. On Nov. 12, as it passed between earth and sun, it was closest to us-only 25,000,000 miles away. At that time, of cour~e. it wa~ invisible. But now it h:1s reappeareJ, a nd shines brighter than any other star or planet in the e:Jst before sunri~. Though pulling away from us, it is still close: 28,800,000 m iles on Dec. I, and 36,000,000 on the 15th. Ne:~:t Aug. 30th it will :tgain be invisible, far out beyond the sun, and 161,000,000 miles away from earth. flight w:ts planned so th:tt the 447-pound spacecraft would not hit Venus. In the early stages of planetary explor:~tion we can probably learn more from a "fly.by" mission that we could from one that actually IJnded there. Scientists of the N:tlional Aero- nautics and Space Administration (1'-ii\SA) who planned it designed the Right path so that scientific instruments o'n board could measure the temperature of the planet its atmo~phere. They expect them to reveal much about the physical and chemical make- up of Venus and its gaseous mantle. This atmosphere, which is continu:~lly cloudy, perpetually shrouds the bright Mariner's Right path was altered on Sept. 4 on command from the earth-the first time that such a compli~ted maneuver had ever been performed successfully by craft in Right. This put it into a long curved path which, after I 09 days and 180,000,000 miles of travel, will bring it within 21,000 miles of Venus on Dec. 14. Mariner Will Telemeter Data During the cruise and the encounter with Venus, according to a NASA st:ttement, the M:triner will be telemetering data back to earth. As the sen~rs of its six experiments receive information, they feed it to a d:tta conditioning system (DCS), located in the base of the crJft. The DCS prepares the information for tran smission to earth in the of a digital code. All the data collected cannot be mitred at the same time, so an electronic h:1s been built into the DCS. This controls the equipment so that the receiver "listens" to one experiment at a time fo r about one second. After 20.16 seconds the Uti tv the lett tc I ;emini, the twin,, '' ith C.t~rr r n.l r ,IJu~. the l.ttrc:r bein~ the lower. 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