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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  30 Sep 59 | Camp Pendleton, Calif. | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 01/0343Z Oct 59 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE Military | ☐ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2-3 secs | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE Northerly  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIG…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
30 SEPT 59
INCOMING
K/T/ms

AF IN: 2113 (2 Oct 59)
ACTION: CIN
INFO: OOP SAFS

SMDC060
ZCZCHQD983ZCQJC205
RR RJEZHQ
DE RJWZJBF 1
R 012245Z
FM COMDR 751ST ACWRON LAGUNA AS CALIF
TO RJWZJB/COMDR LAADS
RJWFAL/COMDR ADC
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INT CENTER
RJEZHQ/HQ USAF
RJEZHQ/SECTY OF AIR FORCE
BT
UNCLAS 751OPS 916-C PD ATTN SAFIS ATTN AFCIN PD
FOLLOWING SMITTED IAW AFR 200-2 DTD 14 SEPT 59:; (UFO REPORT)
A. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT
1. CIRCULAR SHAPED
2. THE SIZE OF A QUARTER
3. SILVERISH BLUE
4. ONE
5. N/A
6. TWICE THE SPEED O…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
INCOMING

AF IN: 2113 (2 Oct 59)

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8 NONE
9 NONE
B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT
1 NOTHING OBJECT WAS SUDDENLY THERE
2 ANGLE OF ELEVATION APPROXIMATELY 70 DEGREES, AZIMUTH OF OBJECT
320 TO 330 DEGREES
3 ANGLE OF ELEVATION APPROXIMATELYS 85 DEGREES AZIMUTH OF OBJECT APPROX-
MATELY 300 TO 305 DEGREES
4 STRAIGHT AND LEVEL
5 DISAPPEARED IN CLOUD
6 TWO OR THREE SECONDS
C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION
1 GROUND VISUAL
2 NONE
3 N/A
D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING
1. 01/0343Z
2 NIGHT
E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER.
1 SEVENTEEN…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
I N C O M I N G

AF IN: 2113 (2 Oct 59)

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F. ID. INFO. ON OBSERVER:
1 N/A
2 MAJ JAMES G CASHMAN 045214, USMC, S-4 OFFICER, 7TH COMMUNICATION
BATTALION, FIRST MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE, CAMP PENDLETON,
CALIFORNIA, ESTIMATE OF RELIABILITY UNKNOWN.
G. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING.
1 SCATTERED CLOUDS OTHER WISE CLEAR
2 WIND DIRECTION VARIED BETWEEN 315 AND 360 DEGREES AS REPORTED BY THE
SURF AND WEATHER UNIT, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON CALIFORNIA
VELOCITY…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
I N C O M I N G

AF IN: 2113 (2 Oct 59)

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KNOWN TO ACCOUNT FOR UFO.
L. NONE
BT
01/2300Z OCT RJWZJBF

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September 19, 1959
VOL. 76 NO. 12 PAGES 177-192

# SCIENCE NEWS LETTER

ATIC LIBRARY
SEP 22 1959

## THE WEEKLY SUMMARY OF CURRENT SCIENCE

### ASTRONOMY
**Amateur Discovers**
**Two New Comets**

See Front Cover

A BRITISH SCHOOL teacher and amateur astronomer has reported sighting two new comets.

Comet Alcock 1959f., as one is called (named after its discoverer, George Alcock), is the brightest comet seen in several years. It was first seen on Aug. 30.

The photograph on the cover of this week's Science News Letter is a ten-minute exposure of the comet, taken at the U. S. Naval Observatory, …

No Case (Information Only)
29 September 1959
Buffalo, Texas

# STRANGE ASPECTS OF TEXAS BRANIFF CRASH

On the front page of the November 1959 issue of the Bulletin, comment pertaining to the crash of a Braniff Airways turboprop airliner elicited further information from David Wuliger, APRO member in Houston, Clippings containing press statements made by R. B. Carleton, vice-president in charge of operations for Braniff, included the following information: Carleton, who had been leading a crew of airline technicians investigating the crash scene, said an engine explosion may have caused the cra…