OP IIOMTIMI lt moon ahaped ~bje~t. PROJECT 1GOT.J RECORD CARD 2. LOCATtO .. 12. COMCLUSIOMI D ProlteW, Balleeft a OraR ..... r2 Wn AI rcreft 0 Preltaltlr Atrcreft lot reported 0 ProiNW, AstreM..acel 0 PouiW, AstM"e"'lc .. D l"aufflcleRt Dote fer ! .. luett ... Observation 10 miles N:.l ot release point ot l.lght WX bslloon !"rom Maxwll AFB. Evaluation 1a eonf1rrn~1 balloon o1ght1na DE JESYO e FM CMDR FLIGHT SE~'JlC. t'JVI !fq f1~.XH~Lt fA.~o ALA TO JEDI!:!!/COt~MANDER AIH l'!:rl.:'i.>E COT':~tV!D E~!T AF COLOP.ADO S~RI GS C0LO~A!>O Jt:PHQ/~Ct!: tANDER AIR T F .. ''I'tlt:f\t IrJTELtiGE~ICE: CEr~TEP ',~miGHT PATTEP.SON JEDHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTEL I. I GENCE HEADOUARTEP.S tJSAF t~ASHiflGTO:~ 25 DC JZ~Ff/CO ANDER MILITAHY AIR TRANS 0RT SERVICE UASHI~ G!ON 25 DC J!PAJ/COr.MANDtR HEADQUAH r::ns FLIGHT SERVIC!: 'TAHS!~JGTON 25 DC (1) D~SCRIPTION OF O~JECT A HALF MOON SHAPED g NEG.~TIVE C NEGATIVE: .: N!GATIV~ 7 WEATHER AND HINDS ALOFT AT T!r1E AND PLACE OF SIGHTING A NXF 23JIC CLEAR 5KH 213/.54 1~ ~aJitJD 13~ D::G7/~l' SURFAC l31 DECRES F THUND~flSTOmiS NONE ~(8) LIGHTED WEATHER BAI.tU~Ht H1.EASED FROM l1AX'lELL AIR FORCE lld.Jl: AT i ~.PPROX TPi E OF S I GHTirlG C9> NEGATIVE PAGE TWO JESYQ 11~ C2) DESC~Il'TION OF COU R 0r 0~J!::CT A GROUtJD VISUAL (4) TIME AND DATE: OF SIG.tfiNG (') LOCATIONS OF O~S~V~SS fti:..L!ROOK ALA!!AMA O~J!CT 1AS 3ET~1!EN MILL,~OO!) AN~ t)RATVILL~ .'\L.~ (~) IDE~;TIFYING INJ'O~r~ATIO~J OF ALL O~SERV!RU A CIVILIAN ~R A~l~ ~1S NO OTM!R INFO AVAILABLE~ MILITARY N/A ~;Fl3 ALA3AMA. THIS UF0!3 REPORT t~AXWELL AF~ TRANSHITTE1J f!"f i~XrrS AT XF ~P.S! OPS RQUEST SIGNED GOLINSYY ~S/14262 JAN JESYQ Chlel C)ffic:~r fHteph Reid of the Canadian SS. Su11janJ reporta ohM~rvlnJI a md~r t)ft January 11, l!l54, at 0053 G. M. T . in 1-at. :!7' \\'. Till' m.!teot, of a Lrilliunt \\ hite tulol', htwintc a h !ui:h t ira~! and ltming a lJrilliant aftcl'glnw, wa:4 ob- ser\'~d ro ;a pl'ltll( ,_,f npprmcimatd~ :; sec-onds. ThC' nwtem was first tMll&~ aa an.-ot approximtely 14 , midway between ~