UFOB Index Card ATSS-UFOB-731-57

This document consists of a UFOB Index Card and associated teletype communications regarding a sighting that occurred on December 2, 1957, in Marietta, Georgia. The report describes an observation of three round, red, pulsing objects that appeared to be two or three times the size of a star. The objects were reported as being in a line and remaining motionless for a duration of two to three minutes. The observation took place at night, between 0030Z and 0045Z. The witness, identified as a student, reported the objects at a very high altitude, approximately 90 degrees from Atlanta. The 35th Air Division conducted an evaluation of the report. Their official conclusion was that the objects were, in fact, a weather balloon. The report suggests that the perception of three distinct objects was an illusion caused by the movement of the balloon. Furthermore, the intelligence officer noted that because the wind was blowing away from the observer, there was no detectable change in azimuth, which likely contributed to the observer's interpretation of the event. The documentation includes internal military routing to various commands, including the Air Defense Command (ADC), the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), and the Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF). The final assessment was that the sighting was a weather balloon, and the reporting officer's conclusion was formally concurred with by the 35th Air Division's intelligence staff.