DcPARTMINT SM3 A-313PTTU JA'7 RUE3FcA133J 3232^^U'JUU RUE3HQA- 54TR?CARR'.'G RraALE/AOC RU'.v:.^FVA/9AERQSPDEFD!V ENT AF3 COLO RUCOSVAFSC FTO V.'R IGHT-PATTERSOM AFB OHIO R'JESHOA/HO RUE3H0A/SECRETARV OF THE AF INFO RU'VTPRA/339ADIV SE;'ART AFB TEMM RU'TSA/9AF RUEB3RA/TAC UNaAS con 11573 19 \0V 1955, FINAL SECTION OF T'VO. HOUSHT THAT THE FIRST 03JECT MAY HAVE BEEN SC'-E^HING OTHER THAN A :ETE0R1TE ''AS THE 03JECT'S APPARENT CHA\'G OF COURSE. THE DIRECTION THAT THE 03JECT CHANGEO COURSE .\'-!D AT THE APPROXIMATE ANGLE FRO.: THE DRIVER THAT THE COURSE- CHa:'.GE TOOC PLACE; AT THAT UMfti K'omrn UHCIASSIF!D Dc?ARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE SRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE APR53X0:ATI POIMT AMD A^GLE THERE IS A C'i^VE IN THE VTOSHIELD GLASS REFRACTION BE A.VETEORITE, ADVANCE COPY DELIVERED TO DIA. ONCUSSIFIEO list of Annually Pecurrins Northern iiemisohere Meteor Showers .e in Atmos* Hourly Pa+e Peclin^itron at Maximum uadrar.t cs iJan. 3 Jan 1-U iVirginids Oct lB-26 Giacobinids I 1959 |l6Days(?) Periodic Stream The above taken from HANDBOOK OF GEOPHYSICS, Revised Edition, I960, APDC UNCLASSiFifO DEPAMTMfNT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE "s)HCc:OSi3, P: A64TRPCARR'''G POPE AFS NC TO RU'.VGALE/ADC R'JV:vF'/A/9AER0SP0EFD P'JCOSP/AFSC HT-PA'TTER rheohqa/ho usaf RUESHQA/SECRETARY of the AF !.'!FO RUV/TPRA/839AD IV SE.VART AFB- TERM RU'*/TPSA/9;VF RUE53RA/TAC UMCLAS COU 1 1570 19 MOV 1965 . SECTION ONE OF T"'0 SECTIONS FOR HQ USAF CAFMIN), SECRETARY OF THE AF (SAFOI), 839 ADIV and TAC F0= Cl. SUBJECT UFO REPORT. FOLLO.MNG SU3>'ITTE0 ACCORDANCE A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT SIGHTED; ONCLASSIFiED D?ARr.VIENT OF TH AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE (1) THE SHAPE OF THE OBJECT 7AS MOT 0ISCERMA3LE TO EITHER S.IALL TA IL OF SPARKS. RUE3FEA0999 APPEAR TO BE THE SAME SIZE AS A PINHEAD AT ARMS LENGTH. C3) THE OBSERVERS CONCURRED THAT THE COLOR iVAS A ''HITE 3UR^liMG LIGHT THAT SOMETI-'ES POSSESSED A TAIL OF RED-ORAMGE SPARKS. (4) ONLY ONE OF THESE OBJECTS .'ERE IN SIGHT AT A TII'E, BUT CVER A PERIOD OF T'.VO HOURS AS MANY AS T'*'ENTY-F I VE 'RE SIGHTED BY BOTH OBSERVERS. C5) THERE 'A'AS MO FORMATION OR TII^E OF SEQUENCCNC-. i6) NEITHER OBSERVER COULD PROVIDE AMY OISCERNABLE FEATURES DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT APPEARED OMLY AS LIGHT. C7) THE TAIL APPEARED TO BE ABOUT ONE-HALF AN INCH LONG AT ARMS LENGTH. THERE 7AS MO SHOUN. C9) NO OTHER PERTINENT FEATURES '^'ERE *'ENTIOMED BY EITHER CB SERVER. 0. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECTS UNCLASSIFIED DM<(TMENT OF THE AIX FORCt STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE STRE^KI^!G FIRST SA'^' THE ACCROSS THE SKY WHILE DRIVING AT MIGHT. MR OBJECTS when he WAS INFORMED OF THEIR PRESENCE BY MR C2) WHEN FORST OBSERVED BY MR FROM THE EAST TO WESTOUT TWENTY DEGREES OFF THE HORIZON. SUCCEEDING PAGE 3 RUE3FEA0999 UNCLAS SIGHTINGS INDICATED THAT THERE 'AS MO STEADY PATTERN OF FLIGHT OR ELEVAT ION. (3) THE OBJECTS, IN ALL CASES, DISAPPEARED BEFORE THEY C0NSTA'TT0 THEIR DISAPPEARANCE. DISAPPEAR ING. ALL OTHER SIGHTINGS TRAVELED IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE OBJECTS GENERALLY FADED OUT, BUT THE INITIAL C3JECT SIGHTED DISARREARED SUDDENLY. THERE WAS NO DISCERNA3LE PATTER.N OF angles or ELE-ATIONS upon the OBJECTS'D ISAPPEARANCE. THE 0VSERVER3 AGREED THAT THE 03 JE CT ' APPEAR AflCE LENGTH VARIED. THE ESTIMATES RAN FROM THREE TO FOUR SECONDS DOV.'N TO HALF SECOND. ONCLASSIFIED ONCUSSIFIED DEPAitTMINT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE SRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE C. manner of OBSERVATION: Cl) GROUND VISUAL. C2) MO A IDS. C3) NOT APPLICABLE. D. TIME FOR SIGHTING ! PAGE 4 7ruTBFEA 0999 UNCLAS C2) NIGHT-LIGHT CC"i01TIOHS OBSERVERS: IRST NOTICED THE PHENOMENA ?30UT THREE MILES NORTH OF ELLER5E, NORTH CAROLINA. S UB SEQUE NT 03 SER- VATIONS '"ERE ON THE NORTH OF SIDE OF ELLERBE. INFORMATION a\R0L INA S* A salesman,, mi , ROCKINGHAM, NORTH IS A LA'.V ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF ELLERBE .AND APPEARS T.: 3E EXTREMELY OBJECT AND RELIABLE. (1) OBSERVERS STATED THAT ",AS EXTREMELY CLEAR '"ITH NO UNCLASSlFiED UNCIASSIFIED OePARTMENT OE THE A>R FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH IHCOMWO MESSAGE aOUDS, HAZE OR OTHER OBSTRUCTION TO VISIBILITY. APPROXIMATE C3) CEILING WAS UNLIMITED. VISIBILITY UNLIMITED. SIGHTINGS. THUNDERSTORMS SIGHTINGS. TEMPERATURE CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT APPLICABLE. UNCLASSIFIED OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF f^ESSAGE 3RANCH INCOMING MESSAGE '.'FATHER BALLOONS RELEASED 3Y POPE (NEAREST INSTALLATION) 'OULD HAVE BEEN traveling EAST AANO ELLERBE IS '.VEST OF POPE AFB. K. NOLAN ?/. SCHMIDT, 2ND LT, USAF, NAVIGATOR. I ASKED MR. THESE SIGHTINGS APPEARED TO BE METEORITES AMO HE REPLIED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEM A METEORITE QUITE THAT BRIGHT. HE ADMITTED, ra'."EVER, THAT SUBSEQUENT SIGHTINGS APPEARED TO BE METEORITES. MR. STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THE SIGHTINGS HE SA?' V'ERE ETEORITES.