PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 3. OATETIME CROUP ._ TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Pouibly Balloon Local Ill Gteuncl-VI aual D Ground-Radar 0 Was Ahcraft 0 ProLobly Aircraft GMT 30/~20Z 0 AI,.Vhual . D Air-Intercept Rwdar Possibly Alrcrcrft S. PHOTOS I. SOURCE Was AstnJnomlcol Venus 0 Y 0 Probably Astronomical Do ~iwillan 0 Possibly Astronaieel ~-~7.~LE~N=G~TH~O~F~.o=a~S~E~R~V~AT=I~OM~----~r.L~N=U~M~I~E= O~P~O~I~J~E~CT~S ,-.~C-O-U~R-SE---------ID ~her 0 Insufficient DGto lor Evalucrtion 0 Unlrno_.. S-10 secoDds one S otiunary 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING OTal or elongated object like a bright &tar at 20 deg eleYation lD NW. StatioDary. Witness said returned4'-hours later eud the object had diaappeareu . 11. COMMENTS Venus in poaltion of reported object. ATIC FORM J lll (RF.V 7t. !mr 52) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY MEMORANDUM flf'L Y TO HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AlA ~OACE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNIT ItO TA ,. All"t "OI"tCIE Wl"tiOHT-ATTitl"t.ON Atilt I"OI"tCIE 8ASI:. OHtO Request for UFO Information (Sighting, Miami, Fla??) r o: Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Hunt) Reference the attached postcard from Frank McKisfc, 3731 N W Fi.rst Stre-et, MiMi, Florida 33134, requesting information on a sighting Which vas reported to the Air Force. Please inform Mr McKisic that we are unable to locate his sighting vith out specific: date and location. upon receipt o~ this information we will inform him of the Air Force's evalUation. FOR '!'HE COMMANDER ~olonel, USAF ~outy for Technology I and Subsystems yru-THE N UCLEUS OF ' SECURITYI Copy of postcard from Frank McKisic Frank McKisic 3731 -N.W. First Street Miami, Florida -33134 Sometime ago I sent in my UlF.O. sighting and have not as yet received an answer reply on it, I'd appreciate it very much if you would, please send me copy of Air Force answer -the one with sketches of several round flYfog discs and the reddish U. F. 0. from the moon during early morn hours over Miami, Fl6rida, also if can the last two I bad seen different times. During my l ifetime have seen several over here. Maston M. Jacks Mnjor, U.S.A.F. Public Informntion Office of Information Washington, D.c. Information Only Source: 'l'he UFO Reporter, Slll mer Issue, 1964 AIRLINE PILOTS REPORT EXPLODING uro ~rch 19 -A 1110et extraordinary ltro report was issued by Pan American Airlines . pilots, Captain E.D. l'lorris, and Captain R.A. Sotthoa. Captain ~rris wea piloting en eirlin er containing 42 passengers bound from London to New York, end Captain Botthos waa the pilot of a DC-8 with 77 passeng- ers, en route 'rom Naw York to rrenkfurt, Both observed a strange objecttreval- l!ng at high altitude on en apparent north to south trajectory, which unexpectedly . exploded wit~ en inmenaa brilliance, parte or lt telling downward, trailing columna Neither pilot hea ben eble to identi- tr the phenomenon Pan American Pllo~s MOUJ ~aave, HIAI.EAM MRKMIAMI,A.~- 1 -30 APRIL 1964 SIGHTINGS Plattsburg, Nev York Lakeview, South Carolina l.U.nticello, 'Wisconsin Baltimore, Maryland Arizona, Nev Mexico, Texas Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming Oak lawn, Illinois 35~50N 17l.OOE (Paciric) Ardmore, Oklahoma Merced, California Not Reported 44.20N 48.oow (Atlantic) Homer, New York . Baltimore, Maryland Provo,. Utah ' 36.10N 174.oow (Pacific) Fallon AFS, Nevada Norfolk, Virginia ssas, Vi~ginia Iayton, Ohio . Terry, r.1ontana Big Bend Nat 1 Park, Texas t""'sinee, l-Tisconsin Astoria, Oregon ~ Socorro, New ~texico ( FOLDER\J:S) North Platte, Neb~s~.a Socorro, Ne~ Mexico Grants, r:ew xico IaMadera' !;ew r~!exico Las Vegas, N-evsda Sarasota} Florida Edgewood, Ne~ Mexico Albuquerque, ~lew r!exico ?11no t AFB, North Dakota !ia.~isbt::-g, Ohio Calio~nia Coshocton, Ohio Cgr.:::Jn Fe~ry Rese rYo i r, Hontane. Military Air Civilian & tUlitary Civilian & Military Milita~y Air Military Air Military (Gd RADAR) Civilian Air r.!ilitary Air fPHYSICAL SPEC) C:hrilian - !v!i 11 tary ( Gd RADAR) Civilian Ai~ (Visual) :, Multipl e Civilian EVALUATION UNIDENTIFIED Other (PSYCHOLOGICAL Astro (M!;:]E OR) Astro (MSI'!::O~) Insufficient Data Insufficient Data Insufficient !Bta Insufficient Data tnliDENTIFIED Other (RADAR lNVE~SION) Insufficient Data Other ( RES~ARCH ACTIVITY} ... Other ( SE..A.RCHLIGHT) Insufficient Data' Satellite . Sr.ttel l ite As tro (VENUS) UNIDZNTIFIED Astra U!ETEOR) Ot her ( GRCt11'iD LIGh~) Aircraf t ,...... her (FIRE I~i ~i.HtP ', Other (BIRDS) Other (HOAX) Other ( n !AGINATIO!:) nSU.LJ.~cl.en ... a Astro (STARS/?tA T3) 1. Air9raft : Other (HO.l.X) DEPARTNd:NT OF THE AIR fORCE . STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLA!oSifiEO MfSSAOE ACTION: NIN-7 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-4, S~ J SMB C225 H QB968ZC JJN 025 DE RLCMRG 30 01/1729Z FM 328FTRWG RICHARDS GEBA UR AFB MO TO RUEAGL/AFSC RUEAHQ/C SAF RUEAHQ/OSAF RUWGALE/ADC ZEN/29AIRDIV RICHARDS GEBA UR AFB MO I NFO RUCf1SX/SCADS SIOUX CITY NUN! APRT IA UNCLAS 328FWCVC-O 7184. FOR ADOIN, FTD, AFCIN, SAFOI, Page 1 of 2 Pages 29MINT. INFO SCODC-Io UFO REPORTo PARA 14A. <1> LIKE A STAR, ONLY SLIGHTLY ELONGATED. C2> NOT REPORTED. C3> WHITE LIGHT. C4) ONE. (5) N/Ao (6) OBJECT APPEARED SLIGHTLY ELONGATED OR OVAL SHAPEDo (7) NONEo (8) NONEo (9) NONE. PARA 14Bo Cl) BRIGHTNESS OF OBJECT AND ITS ELON GATVED SHAPE o C2> APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON .TO NORTHWEST OF OBSERVER. (3) NOT REPORTED. C4) NON. REMAINED STATIONARY WHILE BEING OBSERVED. (5) NOT REPORTED. (6) 5 TO 10 SECONDS. AT THIS TIME INDIVIDUAL LEFT AREA. UPON RETURNING TO APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS LATER OBJECT HAD DISAPPEARED. PARA 14C. <1> PAGE 2 RUCMRG 30 UNCLAS OEPART/v\tNT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSifl!O /.\ESSAO: I NCO lNG Page 2 of 2 ?ages GROUND-VISUAL. C2) NOT USED. (3) N/A. PARA 140. <1> 0220Z, 3 0 MAR 64. C 2) N I GHT. PARA 14E. LOCATION OF 08 SERVER: 7TH STREET AND KANSAS AVENUE NORTH AT THE ARMSTRONG RAIL YARDS IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. PARA 14F. C 1> 1 .4 KANSAS CITY 29, MISSOURI, C UPAT ION: ARMSTRONG YARD CAR INSPECTOR. NO EST !MATE OF RELIABILITY. (2) N/A. PARA. 14G. C 1) CLEAR. <2> WIND DATA AT RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB, MISSOURI, AND <3> NIA. C4) 15 PLUS. C5> N/A. (5) N/A. C7> NORt1AL GRADIENT ALTHOUGH COLDER THAN STANDARDo PARA 14Ho IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE PLANET VENUS WOULD BE IN THE AREA MENTIONED AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING. PARA 14Io NONE. PARA 14J. UNKNOWN. PARA 14Ko CAPT EDWIN L. WIEGEL, WING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. FROM THE SKETCHY DISCRIPTION AND UNSURE STATEMENTS BY THE OBSERVER, IT IS FELT THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY A BRIGHT STAR OR PLANET, POSSIBLY THE PLANET VENUS, THAT WAS SEENo tvll t SclEN<.:E NEws Lt:ITER for F~bruary 22, /1}64 Venus outshines all other planets and stars. The vernal equinox in March heralds the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. By JAMES STOKLEY ., SHINING MANY TIMES more bril- liantly than any o~her star or _planet n~w visible in the evenmg, Venus 1s becomtng more and m ore conspicuous. Coming into the west long before the sky is dark, it remains visible during 1\brch for about three hours :after sunset. On March 1 its distance from earth is about 94.4 million miles, but by the end of the month this is reduced to 85 million. It will continue to approach us until it swings between sun and euth in mid-June. At the beginning of March you will also be able to see Jupiter low in the west in early evening, a little below Venus. Although only about an eighth as bright as Venus, Jupiter is still very brilliant. How- ever, it is drawing toward the sun in the By March 31 you will have to look low in the west, soon after sundown, to sel! Jupiter . It is now gradu:tlly drawing away from the earth and at mid-~iarch its dis- is about 546 million miles. Other Planets .\.; ior the other pl.1ncts sometimt:~ \ "iblc:: ro the naked eye-~lercury, ~rars .1nd Silc- urn-thev are tOt) clo~e to the ~un t111' nh,cn:lli~n th~s month. The :J(companying 11101ps shO\\ the ,1..~ "" it appears about 10 p.m., your c.,,n kind of standard time, on Nbrch I, .1 n huur earlier on the 15th and two hl'Urs e.1rlier 31st. Venus barely gees on, \\ hilc has al ready set by th e times men. Ar.d if you follow the curve of the dip- per's handle uownwards and to the right you reach another first-magnitude star. This is Arcturus, in Bootes, the herdsman. ther right is Virgo, the virgin, with Spica ar the horizon. This also is of the first magnitude, but it is greatly 'dimmed just se it is so low and therefore is shown as third magnitude. if you go upwards from Virgo, you come to Leo, the lion. In this constellation is a sub-group called the sickle. First-magni- tude Regulus marks the h andle of this implement. so brings to those of us who dwell in the Northern Hemisphere the br"- ginning of spring on March 20. In addition, this year, it brings Easter, at the rather early date of March 29. This is by no means as early as it can come. H owever, in only fo ur of the remaining of the 20th century will it come as early. Easter in 1970 will again come on will fall on the 26th. it is generally said, comes on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equino x. The vernal equinox is the momc:nt :1 r \\ hich the ~un, in its north- ward journey through the sky, cros~cs the equator. It m.1rks the beginning of spring lAMflGPAROAUS in the Northern Hemisphere, .tnd of winter the southern. In 1964 the equinox comes ~t 9:10 a.m., EST on Friday, March 20. The next full moon comes on Friday, March 27, at 9:49 p.m., EST. And so Sunday, March 29, is Easter. in some years it doesn't work out so nicely. According to the actu:tl Easter formulated by the Jesuit astronomer Clavius, who helped Pope Gregory XIII reform the calendar in I 582, it is not the actual equinox but the 21st of March, its average date. And it is not the astronomical full moon, but the fourteen-day-old moon, after new moon. The t r ue full moon's age is more nearl y 15 days. So sometimes Easter comes on a day quite different from what you might e.'(pect on t he ba sis of wh:tt is in the sky. Determining Easter Date There is a rule for determining the date ster from the year number, but it involves a considerable amount of calcula- tion. Easter can actuallv be determined with of a series of tables, which are used by ecclc!siastical authorities. These were is.sueJ by authority of Pope Gregory Xlll nearly four centuries ago. . If the 14th day of the moon, or pascllal moon, falls on March 20, it \vi II be a day ahe::td of the eccbiastic::tl equinox. If the a Saturday, the pa schal full moon will come on Sunday, April .18. Then E:l ... tcr \\'ill be the following Sunday, .\pril 25. \\' h ich is tl1c l.tc~t JW~sible cb tL' . Sirius, the "dog-star," is par t of C.lllis ~bjor, the great dog. It is the brighte~t star in the sky and is visible in the south. Abo>ve it is Procyon, in the lesser dog, Canis ~linor . . \nd still higher are the bright stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini, the twins. n.l ~lSA MINOil To the right of Canis Major, and a little higher, stands the brilliant constelbrion of the warrior. This has two st:us of the first astronomical magnitude: Betelgeuse (above) and Rigel (below). Between them i'> Orion's belt, formed by a row of three Still farther to the right (shown partly vn the northern sky map and p:1rtly on the ~outhern) stands Taurus, the bull, with l>rilli:1nt Aldebar:m. This star is reddish in nd above Taurus is Auriga, the er, with creamy-white Capella. High in the northeast yo~ can see :t ~bj0r, the great bear, of \~lllch the f:1mtlwr UlSt dipper is p:trt. In tim group :1rc the i"inr; r <;, whose dirertinn leans you. to P ul.ric;, the pole ~t.1r, p:trt of Ur~a ~1rnnr, the: !r(,r r he:1 r. SYMBOLS FOR STARS I N ORDER OF BRIGHTNESS ENTOMOLOGY Indian Insect To Fight Wool Pest ~ l'OOGOORA BURR, Queensland's worst pest, and a pest of serious propor tions New South Wales, may be brought under central control by an Indian in~ec:t, 32 000 lar vae of which are now in Brisbane. The c:ost of the burr on Australia's wool clip is estimated at between 5600,000 and SiOO,OOO a year. The scientist who collected the larvae is John Mann, director of the biological sec:. tion of the Queensland Department of Lands, who has recently returned