Northeastern Unitedstates — April 1966

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. OA TE TIME GROUP . 2. LOCATION .. . . . . Northeastem, United States 10. CONCLUSION Astro (MEl'EOR) '/ OlAf' 4 . NUMBER OF O~JECTS 5. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSil o. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Object was veey bright. It le.tt an exhaust trail. Traveled in I a straight. path and when it disappeared it broke up into pieces Nwnerous reports of a spectacular meteor was I Grourd- Vis-..tal a. PHOT OS 9. PHYSICAL EVIOENCE confir.med b,y the Smithsonian Institute. FTD S E P 6 3 0329 (TOE) Prnlo~ae ~t.lOf'\1 of thle fonD 1111 be u .. d. 27. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved I ine to show how object was above the horizon (sky I ine) when you first saw it. Place a "B" on the same curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon {skyline) when you lost saw it. Place on "A" on the compass when you Fi rs t sow it. Place a .. B" on the compass where you lost ow the object. p icrure that will show the motlcn that the object or objects made. Place an .. A., at the beginning of the path, o "B" ot the end of the path, o!"'d s!.u .. .ony changes in d irection during the course. 29. IF there w~s MORE THAN ONE o b ject, then how many were there? ----------- Draw a pic~ur~ of !1ow they were a rra nged, and put an arrow to shaw the direction that they were traveling. 30. Have you ever seen this, or o simi lor obiect before. If so give date or dates and location. 31. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw. the obiect? (Circle One) . C:ves) 31.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? (Circle One) es 32. Please giv~ the following information obout yourself: Firat Nome Middle Name Zone State TELEPHONE NUMBER Indicate any additional information about yourself, including any special experience, which might be pertinent. Jt1 (( li?J.<H IJJO.-ftl-. 33. When and to whom did you report that you had seen the ob;ect? Dote you completed this questionnaire: Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the specific paints of the questionnaire or a narrative exp.lonation of your sighting. !,U- (llLr DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS t11TH TltOO~ CARRIER GROUP, MEDIUM (RESERVE) (CONAC) GREATER ~ITTSBUIIGH AIR~ORT, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15231 aue.ntc'l'a UFO, Pitt~burgh, Pa. Yo AF5C ( FTD) 1Trig::t- Patterson AFB, Ohio 45L33 2 B APR 19iiS 1. Cnidentified F~ing Objects seen in the Pittsbur gh area 25 Apr. 66. 2 . Ge neral resume attached Sighting and Summar.y Sirrhted UFO at of 1-1hi te flame Upper Sinclai r Tmmshi 2015 on 25 Apr 1966 --Blueish Green emnited and sparks, round snub nose ball like comet. St. Clair Hosp time same description as one above . Nr RD2 Chicora, P UFO sighted same time same ~escription as ones above . Nt. Lehanon UFO s ghted same time description. Elizabeth, Pa ed at 2 37 25 Apr 1966 --Cigar shaped 3outh East to Northlvest. blue gr een Uhit e Hall, Pa . UFO sigh~ed to ~J'orth same description. Gibsonia, Pa. r. Fox Chapel UFO sighte.J 2~ ... Due Nor th--Red and Green oblong travclin? and a high rate of speed. UFO s iE:~t ed -- Glenwillard, obloneed shaped. Arlj.n~ton Hts, P ~,..ular disc' going n orth. lenwillard, Pa . greenish disc Oakdale, Pa. ed --Long green bullet shaped obj ect with fir e c oming o.1t the back end of it. The inspectinr, officer did not observe the UFO. Hovrever, .:.~formation riven the public b y the ne1.1S media indicated that tte UFO was either a Heteorite or a Satelite beine burned up by the earth's atmospher e . GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON. D . C . , &0007 uFG Inv G st j a t ion Dec.::-~irs~ o.t approx:i.:mat e l y S:lO thi~ v;hile d riving tov1arus the e9.st through t:ne G-60l .. getown 1Jni-.J er~> i ty l10<l:tca l Area, I saY I a n e:-:t r 0::1el y unusual o ij j c c t f lying through the sky. 'j.'::!.E :)bj ect was a b:.".!..::;ilt , flam:in3 turquoise n.nd go l..:. . It \'/as he[;:.C.e::.. toward~J the nort;h. and 1~:;:::.red to be los::..r13 ult:'Ltud.e. I \'latched the object for about five or t on seconds, until it C..is:.)pear ed 'behir-6.. ~he trees. I thought that it was s..n aircraft go L'Ylg dovm in f lames, but I clid not hear any e.x::u los ion or other 'lmusua.l sotmds o:c the t.::.me of the si;!'_ting . '1. he object was r e latively la.r~e and slow- la0 7 ing. It v;as a startling thing to sec, and I V/Oulu oe very surp:!!isod :!.f no-one e lse se..w i t . I h ave no :;:>art:tcular theory as to tho n a t~:L> ~ of this o iJ j e c t. Sincerely, School of Fore ign Servlce over-.4/1-e/tv't//e_ rm ( '11lJSW) Wrigbt.-Patteraon AJ'B, Ohio ~erence your recent unidenti:tied observation or 25 .April 1966. the information vhieh ve have received it indicates that ycu obeerved a 1111teor. In oraer to contiua our evaluation ve would appzeeiate ;your eoaapleting the attached PrD Form 1~ and returnins 1 t in the enftlope pxovlded. Since this is a possible meteor a1S}ltins we would appreciate your perad.aaion to :torward a capy ot y-our report to Dr. Charles P. Olivier, 1bo is head or the American Meteor aoeiet7. Yov report indicated tbat you took photographs o:t the trail. We vould like to borrow the original negative tor evaluation. 'We would return the negative vi tb two prints to you upon canpletion We vtab to thank )'OU t~ reportiDg your observation to the Air Force. mtR ~ANII.IA~ Jr-, Major, US.AP Chief',. Pl'Oject Blue :Book.