Project 10073 Record Card — 9 August 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated memorandum for the record regarding a UFO sighting reported by a tower operator at Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on August 9, 1956. The observer reported seeing a red object approximately 10-15 miles away, which remained stationary at an altitude of approximately 3,000 feet for a duration of 10 minutes. The object's flight path was noted as moving from the northwest to the southeast. Following the report, an investigation was conducted by ATIC. The investigating officer, identified as a Captain, contacted the Sulphur Grove Weather Station. It was determined that a rawinsonde balloon with a red parachute had been released at the time of the sighting. Based on the wind conditions from the west and northwest at that time, it was concluded that the balloon would have drifted over the location reported by the observer. The document includes a blank U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet, which appears to be a standard questionnaire for witnesses of unidentified aerial phenomena, though it remains largely unfilled in this file. The final memorandum for the record, dated August 11, 1956, confirms the identification of the object as the weather balloon, effectively closing the investigation into the incident.