l . OA l E T IMi: G~OUP 2. LOCATION l . SOURCE 4. NUMSeR OF OtJ!CTS S. L ENG'iH OP: O!UI,_VATIOllt ~. TYPE OF OaS!::tVATIO'N 9. PHY SICA~ EVID!~C! 10. COHCL.USICIIi ~tsli!O FOR THE RECO!ID 10 December 1965 f r om t,las hlngto n D C c a l led to find out inl'o:-maticn a a to th~ si3htin; f rom Acne, Permsylyo..nla . NFtjor tol d h im that the sightlng took p oa.c'! a.t 4:15 on 9 November in the af't ernoon. ( 211 5 Zulu) ~13..jor that s photogra pher in Hichiga.n wa3 a ble t o take >:1 picture . Thia photographer is from Royal Oa'!.~s. He also tola the Dr t hat 3. s e 3r ch was lll8da tn attempt to reco,er tb~ object. 'I'he S~:-ir~h ended ,msucess:t'ully at 0200. HE~> FOR TH:S RSCORD 10 Decemb~r 1965 . rle placed a call to Royal Oalta, 1 .tichig~ to tbe higi:ro~ay ..rhen be s~w a flash. He wasn't sure if he heard fl. cound. He pull over t o the aide or tha highway and got ou~ l1is camera d At this time, he only ha s th9 negative. On t he n e g3-ti;e, there appears to be a cloud of smokd It is 30ing in a certain said that she ,,1/ould be very glad t o send the direct!.cn. Nrs negati ve or prints of the neg.ati ,,e. DAYTOiJ DAILY rTElo.'S, t .o knov tha is. test ne-:-1s o:a the slflti~g neen on Acme J Pennayl'Vat"1.i~ location. Major Quintanilla told hilll that there l..ocal reports, only i~:ephone calla. Re told him that ~a just coatacted Jala Radar Site and ~here was no additional information. Major told him +.hat the big!r.1ay patrol -went out to the area, but found nothing. JA!ce:nuer from the Fl i nt Jvurnal called, d wanted to know :Lf th~re i!l any ;:-::>::-<:! infvrma!;ion on the sighting seen in Pennsylvanill, Hichiz9.n, In Flint, Michigan, ,,as found som~ :pieces of ~old, flat subs ta:~c ~s -.ri t h some discolora:tion. It Wt;\S in rat. her large clm;-cpa . l" long cmd 1/loth " tnde) t!a.jor asked h-i..m to send a plec..:e addres..:H~d to ?reJect u~ _oo.<. He agreed to send i t . Call from Oakdale, Pennsylvania So~e pe~p:a ~aw a glo~iog llght. Ther'! W?.3 else a. report that t here via s a blue light, cl!ld t.here \as Pn odor. ( J~con.d -::all t~ Oalcdale) .C.t Ca:;~.ma.n said t .hat. the search e ncled :tt dJout 0200. They searched vit h the St~.te :?olice.. They could not find anything. They d o not plan on goln~ The news media, etc. stopped callin3 about 1 o'clock. N.::.l-!0 J.'OR T!lE RECORD 10 Decetaber 1965 : xs wbite in Colonel Jack's office fL--orn t he P~ntagon cs.lled. She wanted to ::no~.r t~e znos:. recent number of UFO caa~a for 1965. ~-Te told !ler 718/ t!S St.at~s .'.:Part Ca::a da..l T-Pc!"Tl'.at:ton. c':-tly . On the a.fternoon o.f December ~J:~-a. my.stat-1ous fireball. made its way across seven par.theas tern~ s"" te.s : ~and part of Canada, and wes signt.ad by air- line pilafs as well as by hundreds or-ofher people. Strangs metal strips were found in D swamp 40 miles north of Detroit, and a l~rgg woodad a~ea ubout 30 miles fr~m Pittsburg, Pa. ~s seuled off for sevgral hours whil~ a thorough search for debris ~as made ty hundreds of members of thg Army's 662nd R~da~ Squadron, state police, ~nd volunteers. Nothing was found, however. Officials state th~t a meteorite was p=obably the cause of it all, but the times in- volved indicate that the object was traveling much too sloJJ for a meteorl te. Thera is also evidence that it changed cours e in flight. (N. Y. J ournal-Amuri- c:ln, 12/10/65; The Jerse y City ~1. J . Journ~ l, 1 2/10/55; Duluth~ Minn. News-. , , J I Jl I T ORONTO 11 C ANADA Great lakes Fireball dart! time) . The duration o the meteor was auout four l>CCOm .L;, and it w:u rl~ scribcd :ts a brilli..tnt l ight whic h took o n a reddish hue at the end o f its path. Color estimates indicate-that it t hangect rapidly front white to o t :u rge . The train of the De cember 9th fireball, 01p proximately J5 seconds after at "'as 6r.st :.ighted by Richard P. Cham pine from abnut two mile~ east of Pontiac, M ichigar.. n~ had bten driving ~uth along In terstate 75 whe-n there was a lla~h jn the sky ;\t an altiuide o about 30 degre~. The fire ball traveled toward the east, t;nding at an cle varion of 25 cle~rees. It lasted about one sec o11d. Although when fir!;t seen the firebali appeared to be fading. it ended with a hurst "'11tc brightne:,s rnu\t h.,ve !Je~n on the order o ma~nitude -15 fo r a n observer !ocated in soutltt:a!ttern i\1idtigan. Tht" fireball bunt into one Lttgt! awl 5ever:1l smaller fragmc::ms before it di'ii!ppearecl . "Several 1 hunderou~. tcsoun<.lin~. :wei rumbling bonms were heard iu rlte De- uoit area, ~! to five:: minutes l::tter, de- pending on the locatiou o i tltc:: o bst:rvt-r . seismograph a t Willow Run Airport (about ~5 miles southwest o f Detro i t) recorded the shock . "One observer in 1\l ilhigan had j u.n fini:,hed taking sunset lictures anrl had turned towa1d tht: southeast when tht: !irehalt appeared. H e quickly took two .:olor picture'l of the train anti cloud . Stnnding on the stHml der of the road, 1\lr. Champine took thjs pic ture with a 4-hy-5-inch ~amer:a and a 127-mm. Ieos. It is the first oi n st."ties o( t'our, the othc:n being laken at 55, 70, anti 80 seconds airer his nnt ob:~erva iion. I n the last picture the train is strongly curvecl in the mitld!e . "?rcparations are uucJ~r way fo r Caua- dian scicntisti and JU)'sc:lt to begin ~r ious attempts to locate tit'! ~"t:gion o i ;, possible f.tll of meteorite:~." Dy thauce, G. \V. Wccherdl, a geophr ~cs and geology profes.:wr :\C the Univer sity of Calif ornia ac. l.o, .'\ngeles h 11 already plannPd a htr'\ill t').'l trip c rH. H started three d a ys ~artier, i n order , . interview people who had seen the fin T.\TE o n the a i ternoon oi Dccembei-..9, I Qfl5, a firehal! that must ha been brighter than c:-te full moon streaked aero~ the skj 1 :=:tr the Great L akes . Tbough tlte bri:E:t~l ii~ht i:mcd only :t fc,.., second~. the :~v:ffir :<:rt a smok.,-~r1in that r cmaint:ci vist'' ~ .nr at Jca)t 2 0 min ' J h e iirehall's p:nh through the :umo- \plwr e ;' I'!H:ars t.., h :l\ e bctn c;t:t>p, prob- :JI1!y twrr the c;octt .lcrn :\tichig1a Pctin- t'tmin t<tl n..:ar th(' wt-:stctil tml of L1a F riP Tl ;., po,.~ihlc that rhc lin:ball droll(k d JJII!Icorirt~. but hec:lo~c;c it .. trajci' lOry i, olOf )'Cf \,t:JI l.nown, i l i!i llOI dear whl.'f h,.,. d\L'Y f d I nn l:111d or im o dtc