Ftbenningga — January 1951

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Keywords: 7rcpt, nurce, aatronomlct, 0fhor_jj1, ifiill_, entefl, tffan, otj10r, disaspp, sjjced, hoxie, mnployccn, nhapcd, denccndvd, bscrvo, unccas5if, summhry, cpher, bonning, ooorgia, ttdrt, trltrn, lmatiol, chnen, olophone
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Bollt'lon l~'l:. B~nning Ga 0 Probably Balloon Po~:sibly Balloon l:l Jan 51 DATETIME CROUP 0 GroundVIaual 0 CroundRo~ar d Wo.1 Airc:roft 0 ProboMy Airc ra ft Alr-VIe~o~ol 0 Alrlnt~7rcpt Rador 0 Possibly Ai rc:roh ~nURCE 0 Wcu Astro n omical 9 Civilians 7. LENGTH OJt'OtS!RYATION I' NUM~ER Oil OBJECTS 20 Hinutes 0 Pro bobly Astronon,lc:al 0 Po uibly Aatronomlct~l --~ 0fhor_JJ1{:IQ.;d.J'IFiill_ _ 0 lnsuffi c:io'lt O oto fo r Evoluati :>II 10. entEfl SUMMARY OF S)GHTINO 11. COMMENTS Shape -Round \'tffan shiped \oral,e. Color very Object a:;-penred to be a star, or bright star. Size -Star. Speed -Hover to hie:t~ otJ10r astronomic al, or ballon \mtil speed. Alt-Uell above clouds. Remaine d vbject disaspp~arcd at. sudden SJJCed. stationary 20 min then took off to SE. (Note. Clouds also moving SE) Left v ery thin visible ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 BZP S2) Lo3 Alamoa, N~w Hoxie AS'IRO (METEOR) t~ Jan. 1951 -Report from ten L:w Alm:to::; mnployccn . Tour nhapcd object \-ti th ST,nll tail; v ery brlght nppca r vnco ; denccndvd slowly, skv lirrht.c d uo for abou t 1 sec, bscrvo.tion time 0 5.00. :uNCCAS5IF/ED SUMMHRY OF INFORMATION Dom Intel r, G- 2 . S 9c, Ilq Third Army, Ft !~cPher~'lon, Georr;in \!t.ll! \L r:,fl.V. MPh I \'Alii," :o~ t:,fOrli!:,IIC.I Unid ntlfiod Object Sighted Ov or l'ort Bonning , Ooorgia, 1 2 J a n 51 ttdrt v r I 'Y ~trLtrN I~ I t;SU\ll Y f'fll: UlL II l v U.Hf'Ul L'f 1Rt 1 IHIT H C' \I;Vr r IJf: J t U .~ Cl !.U''"/,1''1' Or t:.ftl:lMATIOl'l J :njor Gordo n , lllth CI C Dota.chnen .. " , Fort Bonn.l.n~, Goor in, roportad 'to t!'liS h ead .!.uarter:.; by t;olophone O.t 1100 r.ourc 1 0 J!l~U'lry lfJ51, a.u f ollomJ: stated that on 12 Jo.nuq,r~r 1~51 \'th ilO IJ~.{jac;od in the prt'.Ctlce Of firo n"\;11 ot of Fire S cation Ho. 2 on F't'r;,nch Fiol d , !:"o~t 3 onnin3, Goor :;ln, hio atbon::;i.on ..,.,~\.::o i n vitoc) to a v ery brit_:ht obj~ct ia the s :y nl1ro5t ovorho'\.J . ..t\t fir ,:;t oi~)1.t i~ nl1!.)et\r od to be a v ery bri3ht ote.r . 'ihe "'ky \ ,as cloc.r ot ~l-tis t i .. ,a ;;H:h t\ : 1 thin nnd sc~ttered clouds t!t'.v e l in~ in o. southeasterly direction. This objoot , ;n s clo:lrly vioiblo :rhenever th J:ie cloud3 ap._)e:l.red ovor i t . 'fho timo \ihich thl3 object v.as fir~t sir;hted ,',J. 3 npiJroxirately 1101 hour::. Jt roi'Htined sta t ionary for aJ:::?roximo.tel~f 20 r:tinuto::;, then cl''\r l y rov.~d dir~Jct.ly south nt a v ery hlf;h ro.te or :;pead l oavinG o. ver~t t hin vi;;ible Y::l:~o n. ..... d than dlnnpvearocl COI:"l?lotely. It t r a v e led obout six t ime3 ito o.~, l onr;th boforo <1; :;appe\rin~. Its v:~!.ke w.1:1 v ory !:ihort O.':'!d fnn sho.ped. Ho .,"J.o not cor to. in us to the s ho.pe of tho object, but s o i d i t npp"ar od rounu o.nd could ho.vo b~en spharico.l or circular sho.ped . 'rhe s ize ::;ee1necl t o b e tr,g,c or u.n ordina~y l::it~hea n~'\toh ,,hen holding the ro~toh u.bout o.t t\l'l":l's lCin~th. Ho ,n.s not corta.in or thl3 o.ltttuda but s tated it v~-a~ Noll o.bo;o tho eloud G "~'lich o.ppeared to be e.bout 100 0 feet altitude. A che c k \','!\.S r.ado b y the Public I nfotr ,f:\tion 0 r!'ic e O.G to .;hat h r th9 ~::uocoEee Connty J\ir F orce or L!l.:1son A i.r Forca b :tloons o.nd n nc-~e;ative r e rort :;as r ocei"ie d . B~".oe h9..d sent u o c.ny :ica er T~1is object '.'JaG seen by nin e o 1er people o. t the s~:ne time uuw~GcL'DEn A'r '.1 ,~ r4\ ... LLASSJFJEO 'FfJ. . JJOD 1J1l~ G:Wo. LfJ a.t.~. U; TIZ[ASSIFiED tJNCD\SS1F1ED' UNCLASSIFIED PROJECT T\liNKJ.E FINAL REPORT 27 November 1951 Atmospheric Laboratory ~JUWNGnl' n.~u A 'I' :3 )".I DECLAs~iFIFD AF' . :-,:d! I~'Tf~RVALS J lEU 12 YEAHS ' UNCLASSiFJED HEADQtiART;ms EAST8RN AIR DEFZflSE FORCE Stewart Air Force Base, Newbureh, SUBJ~CT: Reporting of Information on Unconventional Aircraft TO: Commanding General Air liateriel Comm:And \'fright-Patterson Air f'orce Base D:1yton, Ohio ATl'N: 1-iGIS The attached r eport r e ceived from COI:'.!t3.ndinJ ~eneral, Camp Robarts, California, is forwarded in compliance ~dth Par~3raph 2, Dep.l.rtment of the Air F'orce letter, file AFIIC-CC-1, dated 8 Scptc;aboer 1950, above subject. J.fse 4582K Info cy to