Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — McDonough, Georgia, 17 December 1951
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AI-Generated Summary
A Project 10073 record card identifies a recovered object in Georgia as a training balloon. The file also includes a brief, separate report of an unidentified white object seen by a pilot in Minnesota.
This document is a Project 10073 Record Card detailing the investigation of an object found in McDonough, Georgia, on December 17, 1951. Dobbins Air Force Base requested an identification of the object after it was discovered by civilians. The object was described as a plastic balloon approximately 30 feet in diameter, equipped with three nylon shroud lines, a simple cord, and a snap device for load suspension. The suspension cord appeared to have been cut in a manner suggesting blasting. Following an inquiry, Navy authorities provided information indicating that the object was likely a balloon used by the Air Training Command (ATC) for training purposes. The report concludes that the object was a balloon. Additionally, the file contains an extract from a separate status report dated December 12, 1951, regarding a sighting in Hastings, Minnesota, where a USAF pilot observed a white object resembling a kite at an altitude of 9,000 feet, traveling at 380-400 mph, with no conclusions reached for that specific incident.
Suspension cord cut in manner indicating blasting.
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Official Assessment
Balloon. Navy authorities furnished information that balloon was probably used by ATC for training purposes.
The object found in McDonough, Georgia, was identified as a 30-foot diameter plastic balloon with suspension equipment, likely used for ATC training purposes.