1. DATI TfMI Glt"UP NUMII CMI OI.IICTI S. LINOTM 0' OIIIIWA I. LOCATION II. BALLOOif (WEATHER BALLOON) Weather balloon lm1nched at 1900~ f'rom Annapolis, Mel n. IMIP ......W a. AMM.YIII Small rouDd. obj extremely bright & shiny was observed et a stationary positiOD, 70 deg elev and .90 deg az. ObJ ex- ploded 1n a burst ot white smoke and broke into two halves. One halt appeared to tall rapidly until out ot sight and the second halt appeared to tall more slowly fTD liP 61 O-Ut (TDI) aalu PAR EN A PAR EN CLEAR C~IA BR ICHT DAY t-IlTH NO CLOUDS PP.Rt:N B PAR EN ANNAPOLIS ~.fE.,THER AT 3ll930Z SURFACE 165 DEGREES AT 6 Ct1A t~INDS AI..OFT . !"'ZGREES AT 35. PARF.N C PARF.N UNLIMITED. PAREN D PAREN EIGHT NILES. ?.-\F~SN E PAREN NON. PAREN F PJ\REN NONE. : CI:A 9 CMA 101 NONS 11. UNKNOt/N 12. EVALUATION POSSIBL!:: HE/\TP.EP. BALLOON. .51/22492 OCT JEPHQ ; : JEPH'l 14A :.1: H~ US.AF WASJIDC ~M "frJ JEDEN/CON11R AIRDEFCOf1 D~T UNCLASSIFIED (1 tJ J:::PLG/COMDR TAC LANGLEY AFB VA AFOIN 57877 FLYODRPT. ATTN CLN ATIAA-2C 1 PAREN A PAREN ROUND. PAREN B Pl\REN PEA AT ARNS LENGTH. PAf~EN C PAP::tJ l r::\TRENELY BRIGHT AND SHINY t"ITH POSSIBLE RED CAST. PARI:N D PAR!:N ON:::. PAREN NOT APPLIC/\BLE. PAR EN F PARt:N EDGES CL:t,RLY DEF INI:D. PAREN NONE. PAREN H PAnr.:N NONE. P.'\REN I PAREN NONE 2. SOURCE LOOKED UP TO OBS:SRVE A FLIGHT OF FOUR r-51S f,ND SAU OBJECT \501/E THEN. PAP.EN B PAREN 7~ DEGREES ELEVATIO~ AT 9A DEGREES. PAREN C :).'-~E~J S.\f1E. PAREN D PAREN MOTIONLESS Pt,REN E PAR~N OBJECT EXPLODED ::-J A BURST OF ~IHITE S~10KE AND BROKE It;To THO HALVES SOURCE OBSERVED :.::: HALF FALLING RAPIDLY A~1D HATCHED IT UNTIL IT Ff,DED FROii SIGHT HIGH IN THE AIR. THEN HATCHED S!:COHD HALF FALLING t:ORE SLO'.JLY UNTIL IT .':LSO FADF.D HIGH IN THE AIR. Pt,REN F PAREN lS MI~1UT7::S. 3. PAREtJ A PAREN GROUND VISUAL. PAREN B PAREN SNALL JAPAN!-:SE BINOCUL.~RS P:~.!::F.N 3XtD! PAR EN WITH COATED LENS 'i. PAR EN A PAR EN 3t 1955 Z PAR EN B PAR EN DAY ;. r:rt;E l'liLES DUE EAST OF ANtf~.POLIS CIlA NARYL. JD. CNA crl A Cti.'\ G .'\i:~R ILLS 7. t~ r~:> C :~A NEU5 PA PZR DISTRIBUTOR UtJY.N0~1:..; R ZLI AS I L ITY PI\R ~ ~: D pr,R Er--J ~r:~i?.C~5 ~11 FE. P/~P. !:N C PAR EN MAL?. N~ IG HBO!l P.!\R EN D PAR F.&J NEiG !fBO~