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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  26 Oct 59 | Toccoa, Ga. | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 26/2345Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION N/A | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE down ☐ Other Ice Fall ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
I N.C O M I N G

AF IN: 28160 (27 Oct 59) K/N/hph
ACTION: CIN
INFO: OOP, SAFS

SMD A142
CZCHQD518ZCJJA680
PP RJEZ HQ
DE RJESGN 37
P 272000Z
FM 63TRPCARWGHV DONALDSON AFB SC
TO RJWFALB/AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB
RJESBN/32 AIR DIVISION ROOINSASB
RJEDSO/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CEN WRIGHT PAT AFB
RJEZHO/ASST CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF
RJEZHO/OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES HQ USAF
BT
UNCLASSIFIED FROM 63TCW/WPP 27-K-05.
SUBJECT: "U.F.O." A. DESCRIPTION. (1) SQUARE. (2) 40-50
POUND BLOCK OF ICE. (3) N/A. (4) ONE. (5…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
INCOMING

AF IN: 28160 (27 Oct 59)

PAGE TWO RJESGN 37

ANALYZED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ICE WAS HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE. A GEIGER COUNTER WAS NOT USED, BUT EXPOSED PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM NEAR IT AND DETERMINED BY THE DEVELOPED FILM IT WAS RADIOACTIVE. J. N/A. K. THIS REPORT WAS CALLED INTO BASE OPERATIONS 27 OCTOBER 1959 BY MR. [REDACTED] NO ESTIMATE OF RELIABILITY POSSIBLE, NO ACTION TAKEN THIS OFFICE. NO PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS. JESSE T. JUMPER, MAJOR, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, DONALDSON AIR FORCE BASE, S. C. BT

27/2031Z OCT RJE…

Dayton Journal Herald
29 Oct 59

The Indent Book Place
26 Oct 59

Ice Falls From Sky
TOCCOA, Ga. — A Georgia farmer said today he was almost clobbered by a strange, 42-pound chunk of ice that whoshed out of a clear sky and hit in his garden.

"I was no more than 12 feet away when I hit, and it almost scared me to death," the farmer, Claude T. Lberty, said.

Pisces of it shattered as it crumpled into the ground and cut through a foot of topsoil.

Chemists who analyzed the muddy-colored water said it was pure, soft and untreated, uncoloritated water such as rain. It was not manufactured ice, the…

JOINT MESSAGEFORM
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED
38E
SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER
31102054(6)
4E4G
1959 OCT 30 23 54

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FROM:
ATIC, W-P AFB 57

TO:
DONALDSON AFB, S. C. RJESGN

/UNCLAS/FROM: AFCIN-4E4g 10-2206-5
ATTN 63 TRPCAR WG HV, YOUR MSG 63 TCW/WPP 27-K-05, DTD 27 OCT 59.
REQ A CHECK BE MADE TO DETERMINE IF THE OBJ REPORTED BY MR. IS…

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ATIC
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1959 NOV 2 13 29

NNNNZCZCS2P034TCZCSQD519ZCVYA911
RR RJEDSQ
DE RJESGN 10
R 021703Z
FM 63TRPCARWGHV DONALDSON AFB
TO AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB
BT
UNCLASSIFIED FROM 63D WPP 02-L-01.
YOUR AFCIN-4E-4G-10-2206-E. OBJECT REPORTED BY MR. [redacted] IS SAME
OBJECT REPORTED BY MR. [redacted]. PRELIMINARY REPORTS STATING OBJECT RADIOACTIVE ARE INACCURATE ACCORDING TO INFO RECEIVED IN TELEPHONE CONVERSTATION WITH MR. [redacted]
WNEG TOCCOA, GEORGIA, 2 NOVEMBER 1959. MR. [redacted] STATES HE MADE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE OBJECT AT THE FARM OF MR. …

MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
5 Jan 60

SUBJECT: Pieces of Ice Falling From Out of Sky

1. On 30 December 1959, AFCIN-4F3c informed 4F3d that information had been received to the effect that large pieces of ice of unexplained origin had fallen to Earth in Georgia. Clippings from a newspaper were submitted in which mention was made of analysis work being performed on the ice by the Army Ice Snow and Parmafrost Research Laboratory in Wilmette, Illinois. AFCIN-4F3d was requested to obtain further information on the subject.

2. A long distance call was placed to the Army Laboratory mentioned above and it…

Dr. - Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C.

Smithsonian not conducting analysis - Analysis being conducted by Bureau of Standards (Dr. [illegible], Rev. 1866) University of Chicago - Army Engineers, Ft Belvior, Va.

Bureau of Standards official report due soon - Off the record Dr. [illegible] said that sample appeared to be coastal water, probably object fell from aircraft known to be in area at the time.

The [illegible], Reading, Pa., have analyzed six similar cases and in each case determined the ice to be from aircraft.

Ice ranged in weight from 25 to 100 lbs.

Dr. [illegible] pointed…