lnoidcnt ,;-25 - - ~Jest 'l rentc:l, New Jersey - -4 vuly 19~ 7 Th'} obje~t ::;'!,Lhted r.ore could easily !\ave beon a l'Jri:;ht ;i:at~or, o u t in vioYr of tne date of th.El oc::;ervatio:1, it soo;:1s oven t\Or O 1 i~O l y t:~4\t tr\C :fOUn i; lac:; s a VI ~JU.rt of U lute f'our t:1 0 f Jul:_.r ::rojoot ll~.J\tQYA:t'!'BRS AIR WEA!r~R SERVICE A.ndre'W Air Foro a~se 7f 'h- '10~ eo:.1'"0Anding General, Air ).latorlel Co.nmnr~d. frri~ht-Ps.tterson Air Force aaae) Dayton, Chto A'.: 'l:1s liC !AXO In-mstic;ntl.ona this h e adtiUflrtors rewn.l t hnt a synoptic . ..: .. )'&.-t:~Jr balloon could he.vo boar. nt the loca.tion wh~r.e si-~htings 'IYfjrry r"Jportrh.i in' the followinG it:oidonts. ln compiling thl.o lint o vnoldorn.t:.on wnzs gi'Ven to the ~ind diroctton and ap~.,d at tho urfno() wd aloft at the echodulod t i me of bu.lloon rolea.zs~. and t l:?J location or the n~are:st 'feather 25t:l.tion making balloon obser- FC!'~ ':!!E CHIEF AIR T;t;.i\.TEBR SSRVICE /n/ W. A. t/o;st Lt. Col .. , US\F Adjutant Gdneral HF...A.OQU.\..1TE T!S AIR ~\l'ERI3L CO \?TD ~1ehtP3.tter on Ai.t Fortlft r; yt<>n, Ohlo Chiot, Air ?foather Sarvioa, Andrews Ai r Force Bao , w hinr,ton 25. n. c . . .\TTlJ I DSS 1. Pro.jt1ot "SIGl\" 1a r,npor:tlible for tho colleo c i on# inv~:l~l- t: tlon and il\tt,rpret~cion of duta retlativa to oi~htinG of ~idontlfl d rly i re; objeota. Atta.o~wd Inoldant Sw;..rnarl!.to 1 t~u 172 from the filar or P r o jeot ,.,.. IGlr" 0.!'8 for if&.rded for s tudy and rtH)OJll"Bntio. t iOI! S ~$ to V~hioh' of th., 1.no !d~nta nay b6 e l1mir~ t;ed b lloon r lue.ot9d on rou c i n l ~r:noptio ~o,.nt.1 by tl'-..8 !~lr Y'leath~r Silrvic" the !i'lcy A~nolo~i~l :. 't'71C;~ o:r th~ Uni t e d State! w~nther Bur"tt.u~ r~ Cl'l.liil.ll:iflri .., .. t :'t.Ohed ,,. ;y b " rota 1neL\ .l10 y ou r h~e.dqu~tero tor worklnr: \nd r forono~ purpo.J~!1 :2,. t'h_. Air W l\thor S~rv ic.?J i'l thCJ or.ly J\f:'HlOY of its typ1' th.at h :, ;J b.-:t~ll A&k.,d t o u.:Jai.at in th.& ~coompli UM}lt o f Projeut '"SIGN"' o~c pt 1;b t: t~.e Unl~d State"5 Y7,.,athor Bu.re~u hn p rnv d d L"lfor-mat1on an b 1 1 !t,~t+;n1nc;. il~'l"' rch proJ~ote in ~hioh l1alloou r o ,Jeed o.nd "hl oh ~r o 9lldnot"iti or ;ponsored by the Army , Ji-\''r.f clr IJ1d~t,d St.,.~a Air Foro., -r l }l Q~(i b y thtt '{:l't ll:!.g,no~ o~ pe.. b.nt:Hlt or th1 Comrcand . 'i'haee oh~o~' ~u 1'1Ally mad dlroot .I"l-om tht1 ProJe,t "S1Cr'J" Offie~" ~C IAlO-). Th.-1Jr (HI ~'k41 OX~ utl:tt inot from t}u Oh00 C O f ~:fllOpt1o balloon flight ~a(!-;, tJ1j 'l:t1~th .. r '3~-:-'"vic tatione of the Air Fore~., th6 :1;dvy l.Dd ~r..e Defart~nt t)t: CorJ!nftro$. (tJ .. ::;.~.:r~ather Bur~a.u) reg.ueot~d cd Air i;., ~r r,-io<S .. ;~ I t t J oplnion of thl u o !floe~t t t. belo~ tllllt3 B.l"'" tho e having th.e ;T<:IS. t p<HJ!SibiLity of C41ting l ~.lt dve :s tlo~ limimt.e the po~sib111ty t~t rn.."1!tf of the '.n(J:i.d"'nt.J ~., b allotau. ' 11~t.1td l.ao i - balloon!l. Th 1: i!q AlX, Chuf, aubj a Pro .}cot 4. rhfl rorrn uattd 1n in~rrogat1ng witne~ e eo a1~hting 1 lnoloaed as a oatt r or 1n~reat. Conment a' to po~ 1b!e ~prov m~n~ of tho E, nt1al El nt~ or Infora~tionw in reg rd to routino YJlOpt1o balloon tlicht3 ia invited. 5,. l~ u requet.Jtftd :ths.t correspondence ~ forwarded to ';h~ Cor.unarding Gener 1, E" dqu.a.rt1Sr Air JJat.ariel Co::lr.l*.nd~ -.>.~ntion ~:c IAXO-3., FOn 7HZ CO~.L\~:J Dl G GE?~EIUL 1 3urnna" !o .s Al''Ol Ui ltq. l.r:l~ Capt rr~kOHd~i.., GOOI>h.yaio~ L:.ib ~h. ;lu r f{f)cl is, ~tCRE.t;P Co lOll'f) l n.-,~ l' ).l';l.JJ'{S W~ R. Cllng~rc.an. Coli USAF Colonc)l, liBAF Chiut. Intollig~o08 Dept Dr HYNEK' S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRU"OGE REPORT 1. A tronoi:lio 1 ... 1:1~ p:robt.bility a b . ~alr or low probnbilitys 2. tJ<,u-a~tro:nonioal tut sugcoati ;e of oth8r o:xpllltW.tion:.o H~llooni3 or c:rdir..ary airora..t'"ts (reflect J ons ~ auroral a tr~ !i.l'lfJ.t.s, b i:--d <> e to. ) ~. l .a tJk of evidanoe praoludoa expl~1ationl ~v.\'"l~nc., offl;}red 3ue;t;ast&