PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUS)()NS 0 Wu BoUoon 28 }1,~b 64 50.4oN 170W 0 Pro'-obly Balloon Po ui W y Balloon 0 Was Aircraft Gtewn4-VIa41.t .. ., 0 Pro'-olaly Airc:roh ~9 %. 0 Possibly Alrcroh $. PHOTOS 3. SOUit'fi 0 Wos AstronoMical ol 0 Y 0 ProltoWy Astronomic :qt Ne mill tary 0 Poa .. laly Atronomlcol 1. LIMOTM 04J Ct,IRVATIOM 1. OofUMIIIt Ofl OIJ!CTS 9. COUJtSI lnsufficleftt Data for Evol"otion 10. BAlli' JUOeMAJtY 0, liGHTING Object obaerved at 45 deg elevation. In fligbt from Sou~ to North. Faded on horizon after 3 minute obeervation. Travel~ through 30 deg are in 3 m1 zmtea. Brightness ot 3rd mag star. A'nC: POitM )8 (JI&V 2f ... U) 1l. CO .... INTS ECHO data not available. Podaible satellite. Also some characteristics of a/c, Insuff data for evaluation. SJLTRCZ: ~ FLJ.r:c!G SAUc:m RE'VIE.T Volume ~o, No. 4 SOUTH AFRICA A pilot's sighting T his incident, brieRy reported in our previous is.:sue, can now be more f11l1y docum<'ntt:d. Captain R . D. Truter, Senior Captain of South Africa Airway11, wrote to the SuutJa Aftie411 Journal nf Sc iiNI and hiJ letter appeared in its Marchh, 1964, issue: Whilst flying a Boeing 707 from Las Palmu to Zurich on the 15th Feb- ruary, 1964, [ ooticed a bright bluish- white glow in the Eastern aky at 06.11 GMT. When observed throu1h the r ighthand pan el of the aircmft win- it appeared to be .1bout ~in. in d inmrter and was perfectly ci rcular. "The aircraft was a t 37,000 ft. prN.,ure -altitude, position 32 OO'i'\ 11 l i'W, heading 033 T . l'hr. <'O pilot, navigah)r and myself wa tched the glow fc.r about 10 minutes. During this time it did not appenr to change its position in relation to stars which \ .. ere visible in its vicinity, or in relatin to the air craft. I rc:<tuested the navigator to determine the altitude and azimuth of the glow by means of the periscopic This was done nt 06.25 G~1T nnd found to be 09~ 49' and 097 T respectively. "Prevailing meteorological concii- tions wr.r e: a i layer of medium cloud with tops at about 15,0(10 ft. immedi ately below the aircraft. This layer became b roken toward" the Africnn coast and the NE. There was also t: cirrostratua and w isps of cirrus to the NE .. The aircraft itself was well above all cloud. Ambient a ir tem- perature -64 C. "From the height a t which we were flying, the Ea.tem sky was becoming lighter prior to sunrise, and the glow began to nssume nn elliptical shape with the long axis h orizontal. The position of the glow was now altering in relation to stan and the aircraft. and we nppeared to be drawing abeam of it, but its altitude appeared to remain the same to the naked eye. "1\s the Eastern sky became brightes, the glow appeared to increase gmd ua lly in si1.e, the Southemmost end of the now larger ellipse diffu~ing and splnying out and finally disap~nring just h cfore the sun appeared above the hor izon. "From fir1ot observation the glow appeared to be in space, bu t the later , rapid change in position in rcl.llion to th~ a ircraft indicated that tt w :u no t. " Along with the rest >f my crew at th e tirne. I should be most intc:rested to hc:ar an explanation of the phenomeno n.' ' lnor-mation Only Mysterious Light Haunts Couple Tbe~ seems to be at least two kinds ~r neriat maneuvering lights one com pletely unexplainable from a physical p.>int of view, and tbe small maneuver- la~t POIIiblJ. remote<oatroUed .. Obaen er'" light. Wtt dnl with the rorm!r in I this acrount: J ohn Hoban. %1, a hcadma~tcr nnd his wife, Don~. 19, have reported their eerie experiences wth a glowin.:. "s;host ly'' light whidJ ~pJM!a~-cd mysteriously in the bedroom of their home in Rabual, ~ew Britain. In arr interview with a re- port.-::e::=r -rl':'o'="r -..Uc-ie=""Ennlng Post of Aukllnd, New Zealand, litr. Hoban said that th~ J1ouse was too far from the road Cor car headlights to bave shone thruu~h a window. He ebeck~ and round no way : Lhe light could have enterP.d. Mn . Hobnn said that the light, .. a 1 globe of lisht wi~::out any c('ntcr" shQn~ a t intervals in tile ir room between the h ours o f 1 a.m. and 4 :30 a.m. on Eebru ary 19, 19 64. Mn. Hoban soaid she felt' a- "strange presence" in the room, then opened her eyes and there was the g lobe o f light hovering just above her lace. She looked around and instead of one' doorway from th~ room onto the veranda j she saw what appeared to be three doors. She sereamed, jumped from the bed and wok~ her husband who was sleeping in another bed a few !eel away. Hoban said bis scalp tingled and his hair stood on end . .. 1 was very fright cned for momeat in the face or the 1 thing," he said. No mention wu made in this lone 1 article about laow or when the object I left the room. or the premises. Wet would like to point out, however, that in the 1920s a Doctor doing researeh on what happens, physically, when a person dies, found that at the instant of death (utilizing ext~mely sensitive scales and special camera equipment) the body of the dying indiYidual loses a certain nmount of weight-less than an ounce- and that a smalL luminous globeshaped object emanates from the head , wafting upward and '"throu~h .. the ceiling. We present th~ above mentioned ar tide nnd laltft" eomment, in answer to repeated requ~ts from var ious mem bers to try to delineate between t he phychical and physical air:bom l ight phenomena Rabual, NEN Br-4-tain 19 Fabruar.y 1964 JUL- P.i.G. Kent Mystery S cranse animala continue to appear in EngWld. On Febrwu-x .~Q-thc London DtU1.1 TJI,.. and many oth~r n~spApen reported that a ti~cr w;~s believed to be at large in :\orfolk on. the previous evening. Three people had informed the police th~t they had seen the animal on a railway embankment at East Runton in th~ Cromc:r area. Thirty police do~s wrre employed in the search and th e police nppcnlc::d on television for f\lrthcr information. The witne55e~ were all guar:mteed to be saue and r:\tional. Lntcr, the search was calle d ofT and the usual auempt at a r:u ionalisatio n wns offered. It must have blcn a fox, rlc:spite the original d escriptil)ns which included a tiger, a puma. a lio n and a cheetah. Rcauers who think it is possible that t h ese !ltrange and evanescent animals may have some connection with flying saucers may like to refer to the South A frican occurrence reported on page 27 of our May-June issue. The first indication the two motorisu receiverl that something was afoot w:u the appearance of a 1<\rge animal lying acrou the road . This was soon followed by the appear ance of a saucer which made several div-:s :lt the car. Could it be that t h ese anim;als are relensed by UFOs as n means of testing our atmosphere and living conditions? If so, the p :uses made :lt the car could be ex fJinincd ~s a diversio n intended to p rotect thr. :.nimal whose recovery w as important to the saucer pilots. It must ur: remembered that our first space travdll"rs were dogs and DATE LOCATION 1 Middleboro. ssa~husetts- 3 Marietta, Ohio ~ 4 Beavercreek, Ohio 6 35N 174W (Pacific) 6-7 Dayton, Ohio 14 43-0lN 171 4CW (Pacific) 14 Silver Springs, Maryland 15 Dallas, Texas 15 . Kings Mountain,, North Carolina 21 Roswell, New Mexico 23 Barbourville, Kentucky 29 Ka."lsas City, Kansas~- -Military -Civilian ADDITIONAL REPOR'l'ED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) LOCATlO:i. Miami . Florida Lond:>n . Englar.i -Nev York Science-News Ltr News Clipping EVALUATION 0 t.her (UNRELIABLE REPO Astro (VENUS) Astro (VENUS) SA 1'F!t.LITE INSUF}'ICIENT DATA Other (MISSILE) INSUFF'ICIENT DATA INSUFFIC'-IE-.NT DATA.- Astro (METEOR) SA 'tEI.II'm INSW'nCIENT DATA . Otber (PSYCHOLOGICAL) 1. Photo Analysis (CHEMICAL-DROP ON~ 2. INSUP'FICIENT DATA As tro (VENUs) Other {FLARES) Astro (VENUS) EVALUATION D.fPARfMNT OF THE ~ FOR"CE S~FF MESSAGE BitAISCH UNC~SIFffD MES&ACil ~-elf Ytr.a. .... t'fer I N C 0 M I N G Page lof 2 INFO : NIN-7, XOP-1, XOPX-6, DIA-27, NSA-7, JCS-35 ARMY-2, CMC-8, OSD-15 LKA987KHA460 GO RUEAHQ RUECW DE RUHLKH 3 29/00657Z FM -26IAIROIV KUNIA FACILITY HA TO RUPLKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB HA RUHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARLIHARBOR HAR INFO RtiEAHQ/CSAC USAF WASH 0 C RUECW/C~O WASH D CR RUECW/SECNAV WASH D C RUWGALS/CINCNO~AD ENT AFB COLO RUHLHQ/CINCPAC CAMP H M SMITH HA RUHLHS/CONCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HA RUHLHL/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HA RUAUAZ/COMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN RUAMC/COMUKOREA SEOUL KOREA RUAGFL/COMUSTDC TAIPAI TAIWAN I :L\..J'Cii _L I SAF~L~ I I :Jr-,:p MA l TSJ..Fi'?.! r .T_S!JRD ~ TR ::Wl'Cj DEPARfMtNJ' OF THE ~ FO{CE S'bAFF MESSAGE BltANCH UI'IC,ASSIIIfD M!SSACil RUCSBR/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NEPR UNCLAS 326 DO-CO 0258RR 1. C IRV IS 4o 50-40N; 170W <PROXIMITY OF POLARIS) lo 45DEG ABOVA HORIZON 7~ SOUTH TO NORTH 8. UNKNOWN 9. FADED ON HORIZON 19/0625Z NOTE .: Adv CY' del to XOPX, NIN & DIA Retransmitted to CIA Page 2 cf 2 D.fPAIU~N.r Gl' iHE ~ Fal.CE S."'Ff ~&&SAGe BMNCH Ul'jC tfi!O MESSt.GI I N C 0 M I N G Page 1 of 2 INFO: NIN-7, XOP-1, XOPX-6, SAF-OS-3, IA-27, JCS-35, ARMY-2, CMC-8, 00 RUEAHQ RUECW. DE RUHLKH 5 29/0805Z JO"M. 326 AIRD IV KUNIA FACILITY HA TO RUHLKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB HA RUHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HA I NFO RU!AHQ/CSAC USAF WASH D C RUECW/CNO WASH D C RUECW/SECNAV WASH D C RUWGAl.B /C INCNORAD ENT RUHLHQ/CINCPAC CAMP H RUHLHS/CONCUSARPAC FT RUHLHL/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HA RUAUAZ/COMUSJAPANFUCHU AS JAPAN O.EPAIUMtNi 0~ ~E .A,lR FORCE SUFF MiiSAGE BM~CH UNC~SIFIEO MES$~1 Pag e 2 o f 2 ~ UAMC/COM UKOREA SEOUL KOREA RUAGrL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN RUCSBR/CINCSAC OFrUTT UNCLAS 326 DO-CO 0260. CORRECTED COPY TO 326 DO-CO 0258. 1. CIRVIS. 3. SIZE & BRIGHTNESS Or THIRD MAGNITUDE STAR 4. OBJECT SIGTED FROM POSITION 50-40N; 170-00W DISAPPREARED OVER HORIZON DUE NORTH Or OBSERVER. 8. VERY FAST-TRAVERSED 30DEG. ARC IN THREE MIN NOTE: ADVANCE COPY RECEIVED BY XOPX, NIN, & DIA. RETRJ\~SMI'l'TED .TO. CIA. PER. AFHQ. F.ORM 1392, # 728. In.f'ormati on Only O&ject Sinlcs Yacht The yacht, "Battle n: a converted i Navy search and resc:ue craft, wu struck 1 and sunk on Wednesday, 5 February, 196 by an unknown object abouC25 . aufii off the rugged coast of Ca~ Mea- doeiAO. Callfomla. A Coast Guard- Jlelf. . copur;-dfppmltietween 30-foot-high waves. pulled a Geaman shepherd puppy, 11ine cre~uen, the captain and b~ wife from the pitching deck of the yacht. T2M '"HaWe D" set out from Seattle: on Jaftuary u, therr after various stops. left" Neab Bay, Washington on February. . . All eleven u"ivon lnsllted the ,acht . true-or wu nmmed by a '"metal Qb. jed. o:--I don't care how deep it was." kl aewman Carl 1e.n.sen. "what holed .us ""' and a' lona pleee . There was 1'0 lift to 1t all aU." Jensen ~-reler- MI to the '7.800 foot depth at the pomt i wba' the sinkln& OW a ed. _ We lDclude tblt Incident because It 1 cnlates wltb. orfldal and anolflclal llbtiDp of Uf 0 la the oeean In recent Cape l-1endocino, Cal.ii"omia 5 February 1964 Info.rmati on Only Source: The UFO Reporter, Summer Issue S!LVE"Y Uf'O INVAO(S NORTH CAROLINA Albarmerl, North Caroline, rebruery 7 Joe L. aurris, Ted Bowers, end, Craver end Richard Hinson, were reportedly wit- ness to a gigantic silvery object ~t 5:04 p.m., which r1rat. appeared ir:t the north- The UFO wea described es being approx- imately twice the size of a B-52. Its end portions wars a dull silver, end its-mid- section rsflected sunlight to the intensi- ty of a mirror. A smaller object came into view following the disappearance or the larger craft. No details have yet bean secured con- earning the first Uf'0 a smaller brethren. Albemarl, Uorth Carolina 7 February, 1964. ' 'frn. mr .. C"rLY Dundee UFO T he fo llowing letters are taken from the Dunrlflt Couri, on Febru'!,rv 10 and I 3, l'~pectively. The flrst reads as "De:u Sir,-About two weeks ago I observed what appeared to b e :l reddish object in the sky over the Sid laws, moving slowly westwards Perth. At first I thought little of it, but h:we since made four similar o bservatioru betweenjanuary 26 and la.a night, Febnaary 6. On thi.t occaaM,n I wu accompanjed by a (rienda who 'WU equally puzzled by this phenomenon .. On each occ:uion only one such Wl\3 visible of a reddish nature. They appear at about 8.30 p.m . and st.\y visible for per-iods of between two .lr.d ten m inuta, then slowly fade. The only p oMible t:xplanation l can thiuk of i!l that they bear some con- nection w lch the latest American satellite seen lately over Dundee. But since I have found it impossible to tell the height and ~peed of the object, I cannot say wh~ther this is correct "C;.n a more p lausible explanation be suggested?-Yours faithfully, Th i" letter hrough t the following reply: "Dc:1r Sir.-1 r ead with interest "Pu zz led's" letter in ~(ondays Dmritr. Last Thursday (February 6 ) night, while walking the dog, [ saw a strange rerldish object tl'llvelling very fas t towards the we.n. wever, unlike 'pu1.zled' [ do not think th is object w:u an Ameriran sate llite since, when the first Rwsian s p u tnik w :u launched, I could often SCC iL'I night through the henvens and this ohject wns in no way similar. [ ave thrrefor~ roncluded th:H this object mu:it have been a f.'llling star or some such f1ther natural happening.- \' ours fnithfully, Blnirgowrie. Srargazn-." (Creche to Mr. John Ogilvy) Another mystery hole The S ollthnmpton South"" Ectnin.~ Erlzo on Febru y.J~ add another to al of m ystery holes: "Homb disposal expe r13 are to b e c nlled to <.:.'<amine a myster ious c:wity whic h has suddenly appeared in n newly ploughed field a t Slackstead, near a r:tishfic:ld. T wo forestry w orken, ta:.in~ a short c u t a c ros.<J the field from th e wo rk la.~t night, saw a d epression in the g rou nd and they reported the d iscovery to t h e police. ''Today, police officen from Amp- fidd and Winc h elter, with Mr. David Butler, farmer and broadca~ter as gUJde, se:trchrd t wo large newly- p;oughed field, fo r an h our before t~e:r C<Une ncrosa the mystery hole. :-:,e mouth of the depre ion meaaures about three feet at ita widest, there ia a neclc o fttn fi:lt which, ~ince l<~st night, h;u Dpt"Tl('(l n11t in to a l<~rge chalk "The police believe the c;lVity was cawed by a W:trtime bomb-there were many dropped in the vicinity- ' "hic h e:<plorln J deep down in the "11u: .tit!! ,.,f che c:.vity is nn Hunley 1 esta te ~djuining Mr. Butler's f:tnn. ~Ir. Butlr:r !<:I ict that while the bomb ry seemrd to be the most likely J there wu :tlso rne poaibility that the cav~ could be iUSOCiated with the Roman occupntion of the area.' ' (Credit to Mi V . H . West) 1