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b , bl a 3 . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. OATé 2. LOCATION 8 December 1957 3. DATE-TIME GROUP iflet-Monor, Morocco 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION orange, edges well defined, soen,. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) aa 7 _ i te ie lias eee eel t ay a ay eee, She eae i] ‘rh , ‘ t piithtces earsbete | patie ze RR AT ebay aah teh eS tei ae Lt an gl hg CS") pis SIRS eS I ae a re x2 Ground-Visuol == =O Ground-Rodor GMT 08/17152 O Air Vi sual 0 Air-Iintercep? Radar 5. PHOTOS RCE 0 Yes ° ilitar 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE } com oom 9D 900 5 - CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon …

ea Se ak Tao a (Repo 18 0, ¢ /I5 7 “Kh - Joy eer eae Teta wands yy) SZ9 1. Light was sighted from a moving platform, i.e. automobile. Tests conducted some years ago, simulating similar conditions where the eye attempts to stay fixed on, or track an object in the sky show that any given azimiths, bearings, or elevations are often unreliable. This is particularly true when roads are hilly, or tiher than perfectly straight and flat. The odject will almost invariably appear to move and P change elevation. 2. Light was obeerved for 15 Minutes. 3. Observer describes UYO as a “light” in portions of t…

| ye “Ssanyno > oe ) | INFORMATION REPORT sisi CLASSIFICATION. PERSON ESPIONAGE LAWS. ITS CONTENTS (NM ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED BY OTHER THAN DEFENSE ACTIVITIES Is NOT : : = * a UNCLASSIFIED OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE 1-53 | a CATE OF INFORMAYION 1) Te ——— Peer RE OPN One paame tney. 0m) | 9 December 1957 = FROM 14 eat Intelligence Center, © | SOURCE MMO | Se < - Hastern Atlantic and Mediterrane Observatio : my 0 f Nay Ae, = t a etciva = ft | —— BRIEF (¥OR REPORTS OF MORE THAS PAGE. & ot 4 nes of ss VY / & NTRA@ CARZPUL SUMMARY) ' J : Encl: (1) Overlay indicating geographic positions ON…

6. Report does not indicate whether the observer, using intelligence facilities available to him as a Fleet Intelligence Officer, made checks or queries of aircraft, radar or other military operations units to determine if aircraft or missile were in the area. These investigations can be better conducted in the area of origin than Te Obdject was not a metecr cor a returning satellite as implied. The time duration of 15 minutes rules these out. Meteors are seldom seen for longer than 6-9 méconds; the earth entry velocity of the satellite would be between 18-20,000 MSH. : CONCLUSIONS: From the l…

Seg ey ; . + ‘ “. r 7 —~ 5 tLe | oe ; . r a INFORMATION REPORT OPNAY FORM 3820-21) (6-88) CLASSIFICATION . Frnom Fiset Inte gence en=— REPORT NO. DATE , ter, Eastern Atlantic and | INCLASSIFIED .  |Mediterranean, Navy #2, 6a 9 December After another minute or two, the light descended rapidly towards the earth, describing an arc as in Fig. (2). This movement was very rapid and definite. The thicker end of light was pointing straight down and while the light could be observed, it dropped approximately 10 de- grees or half of the distance to the horizon. All observers were convinced at this time …

i eres Es: “ — : ‘ _ : i an Pee Pe a ‘ ese pert Ary ae i pact cz se ad kad Le oa Pod we es tty ht a i= yy ee ed bi) Mei aan 1d ay seers mets: +a} vty i> por i Fes * iad ‘pani = INFORMATION REPORT OPNAY FORM 3820-2(C) (6-38) CLASSIFICATION FROM , REPORT NO. | DATE : Fleet Intelligence UNCLASSIFIED _ Center, EIM, Navy 214 | 1-58 19 December 1957 A Direction of light from observers ! Appar apres of light: Before descent-NNE After descent-cSW B ~ position of initial sighting A - position of final sighting / 33N ™ | é Encl (1) Overlay of WAC Chart 420

| INFORMATION REPORT OPNAV FORM 3820-.23(C) (6-33) i CLASSIFICATION FROM REPORT NO. DATE Fleet Intelligence Center, UNCLASSIFIED | EIM, Navy 214 1-53 December 1957 ‘aot ta)c Figure 1. Shape of light and its orientation before descent. 10° ARC Figure 2. Are described by light's descent. Figure 3. Shape of light and its orientation whils Pading from view, ' e he py MEAT AM NY TR a pT ae itd dei Bs whe ee ee ATi sk) Ral bt 2, | \ rit’ e J ‘ ie a es a a aa Sa . + + i iy ¢ t