?ROJECT 10073 ~ECO~O 2. LOC~aiCN Gre~nville, South c olina 10. CO~CLUSION ~ho o'.Jj~ct was a Geological v!~ather Sa~ca Bc:.l.loon r\;lc:.: c.:i in or.ne s s.::c 11. BRIC:F SU.\'J.~ARY AND ANALYSIS !:1e object was dcsc:-ibed as rou."'ld, fairly l a rge, gr ey , r:1oving in a Northeasterly di~ection at an undotorminc d speed. No sound was heard anc! no CXA"laust was see:1. Appeared to be movin_ at a constant speed at a constant altitude. Pretoua ocUUone of thie fora .. , be uaed MAXWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE. ALABAMA UNCLASSIFIED Unidentified Flying Objects TOa Commanding General Air Materiel Co~mand Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio ATTN: ACIAX0-3 16 August 1949 1. An unidentified f lying object was sighted ove r GreenvilJe, S . c., 2. The 1930E weather for GreenvilJ e AF Beee was 4000 scattered, 1 5 Idles visibility. Greenvil.le, s. C. Municipal Airport weather at 1930E was 25000 broken, 9000 scattered, 30 miles visibility , wit h distant thun- derstorms in all quadrants. 3. Two witnesses reported t he unident i f ied flying ob j ects . One of the witnesses was not i dentified and t he other was Greenville, s. c., who is e mployed at the ~runicipal 4. Ho photographs or sketches are available. . 5. The unidentified object was cescribed by the witnesses as round, tairl.y large, grey, moving in a northeesterly direction at an undetemined speed. No sound was heard nor was any exhaust trail visible, its altitude was estimated to be 5000 feet or less The Jl'l.aneuvera bill ty is not known, but it appeared to be moving at a constant speed and altitude. 6. Jll reports were received via Plan 62 interohone by Maxwel l Flight Service Center from Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center. The Atlanta ARTC receivea them from the Greenvill e Municipal Airport Control Tower 7. The operations section of the 316th Troop Carrier Wing investigated this incident further and determined that the unidentified object was a Geological Weather Service balloon believed to have been released in Tennes s e e DECLASSI F IED AFTE R 1% YEARS. Copies turnisheds Chief of Staff USAF Washington 25, D. C. ATTNs Director of Intelligence GEORGE KEFFINGr Uajor, USAF Commanding Commander MATS ATTNa Chief, Intelligence Div UNClAS~lfJED CO, FLIGHT SERVICE, Washington 25, D. C. UNCLASSIFlED PP JEPC ZVA JEDC JEPNT PP JEDC JEPNT 222 DE JESC 04 FM ~lAXWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER MAXWELL AFB ALA TO JEDC/ CG AIR MATERIEL COt1MAN D WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ATTN: INFO JEPNT/CO FLIGHT SERVICE WASH 25 DC ATTEN: S-2 AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WAS SI~HTED OVER GREENVILLE SC AT 193~ESTPD WEATHER AT THAT Tii1E WAS HIGH SCATTERED 40"0 SCATTERED 15 raLES VISIBLI1Y AT GREENVILLE AIRPORT AFB AND 25000 BROKEN 9~00 SCATTERED 30 MILES AT GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITH DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS ALL QUADRANTS WITNESSES: MR E~lPLOYEE RESIDENCE GREENVILLZ SC AND ONE OTHER UNIDENTIFIED WITNESS PD NO PHOTOGRAPHS OR SKETCHES AVAILBLZ PD DISCRI PTION: 1 ZACH ROQND FAIRLY LAR~E GRAY SPEED UNKNOWN HEADI NG NORTHEAST MANEUVERABILITYHUNKNOWN ALTITUDE 5000 FEET BELOW NO SOUND OR EXHAUST TRAIL REPORTED OBJECT REPORTED TO BE MAINTAINING CONSTANT SPEED AND ALTITUDE PD ALL REPORTS TRANSNITTED TO THIS CENTER BY ATLANTA AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL PD OFFICER OF THE DAY AT GREENVILLE AFB NOTIFIED AND IS TO MAKE FUTHER INVESTIGATION END PD 16/0o20Z AUG UNCLASSIFIED DECL ASSJ FlED A FTEH 1% YEARS. DOD Dilt fi:.!OO. l()