idc!lt ifi- .J..S co!:cri!.:eC. vJr' h i h v~Jlo~lt,-. C!!ECK- LIST -IDTID!.1JT IF !ED FLYirlG O:SJg;Ts 6 . :.ld rc::;s oJ olHlUl..,.<J~ 7 . Pl a c e or o bfl.:> rv(.. t i on fJ to r;unbor of objocts 1 9 . Distnneo of objoot trOft'l obsor"ttr N/S 10 . Tino in sight B/S 13. Dirocticn of flight ahooting to"=rd ear~ at ~ 14. 'I'nctics !T/S blni ab ca'-r. red. 18 . f;hupo Odor dotootod U ~lCl ASSIF1Eo; Incid'lr!t :/1: 93 Exhuu~"t. tft.ils "i." thOl"' O'OT'1d:! t 1 ons !J/S Efroot o!\ olouds . !J/S 21L. . :)kotohc~ or phott~g:rtApM JL;,.. :: nne!" o f d.ise.ooorenca Otlt ot i.tl:it Ot' l1N--..ASSJF1ED Objeet to be a d.i_,. wid had a bluilh ceater ws CD ita ud.ge a aDd .. tra9el1Dg at a YeT) hip nl.ocit7. It bec!;o DOr. d1d i t sort. of a trejl 1D the 1r. of 1 ta higb ~l~cit7 M1 tbe abor't tpace of tae tha. 1' wa M4 uitblr obeenw et>.Ud be certain of tb aise ~' 1n 1 t re-.ble4 a tiDe s..:ar . I t drO!J!Jcl out of i&bt on the north aict. of Xt. !em "oieb 1 E.olyoa. UNCL:~SSlFlE.Q Extrs.ct f'roa 7feekly Intelligence Sunr~ry, Al'C, 2~ Jan 4a U:iiD~:ITIFI!m AIR OBJ"tC'l': 1lle A-2, A.tla.ntio Dinsion. Air Tra.nsport Co.uruanrl . repJrts th~ t while flyi.nr, ~ v.sr Bart ford, Conr.l.) ctlcut at appr<.UliWt. tely l t:~O hours, 11 January 1948, Ce.ptain Ken!leth U. ~elton, AOu6805SG t.nd C~ .. pt4.i'1 J&:!~Cft J. Par3oe, AQ..,5~3982 ot Squadron "D", Air :Svacuatioa., li e;..~td an W"id. nti tied object ~hoc tins tow-al'd th earth at an ~gle or 450. Tile o bjeot app<.s~ 6<.1 v.., be a disc., ha.d a. bluish center$ was r8d on its ed!~t::s.and 118. tra.veling a.t "'ft:.l.Y hi;.h velocity. It !:ad no tt~J 1, nor did it es-.,e a.tty a''rt of tTail i1' t~1~ t~:i 1 < Because of its high 7eloctty a.nd the short sp&c6 of time that it 'Nss a~&htoo. neither obsene.tr could be ce~a.in :.f ita si~e but. i u generAJ, report thl\t 1t r u sembled a lih~o ti ng star. It dropped ~t of si gpt 01, th north side ot )l'\. . ore, :l:'ac 1s r.e~r .. o 'JOl-& UNCLAssu~.~.) :roc Al.'r. !B .. \t,QUA.:rtERS, llR WEJ THER SERVI:E Andre~J Air F'oro Bas~, W~h TOe Co:1m.anding OGneral, Air llat~riel Co:nmD.r~d, ?rrl~ht-Patterson ~ir Force Baae, Dayton. Chto AT'l N 2 1 rc .I.A.XO Ir.-ro:;ti~ntiona by this l1ead~ua.rters r e'V\}o.l tr.n t e. aynopt1o '\':oat'h.Jr balloon could have boer. at t~ location 'Ahere si~htirq;~ ~or~ r por d ln'the followinG iroidanta. In co~p1lin~ this liat oonatJ raton wa~ gi7en to the wind diroetion und pd~d a~ . th~ nurrac~ and loft at the ae dul9d ti~ of balloon release, and ~h~ location of the n~areec "aat~r tlon n~klng balloon ob1er- CHIEF AIR 11t;ATif'~R SERVICS 0;:-HYNEK' S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT. 1. Aatro:nOl:\10 1 1:!1~ prob.lbtlity : ~air or l ow probabililys H llor>nu or ordir.~ry n1.ror rt t ft ll'"O l or fnl.irt~ bodt-s : uroral ttHt.nuriS, birdiS, .S.. t l un-Jt.To '\O 1o 1. ith no 6Xt>l~ ... ~tion 6V!dent