PRCJEr:T 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATI 2. LOCAT'OM 12. CONCLUSIONS a Wos Balloon 23 Febnaaey 1954 Waah1ngtOD D C a Proltaltl, Balla" 1:-i~i:ifaiiiliftiii~------~;LfYi;j"Q;Oiliiiiifi~l---------~ JJx PouiWy Ball-" I a. DAT.TIMI OIOUP L TY~I Oft OISittVATION .., -< or-ct Wos Aircraft Le..e ""'".S t: ~' ~Q,..,..4-VIeu.l D Gra_.n.Rod a Proltaltly Aircraft I t R .... a Po .. IWy Aircraft .. a Was AstronoMical 1. MUMaiR Ofl OIJICTI t. COURII 0 ProltoWy Astre,..Micel 0 Pouibly Astron .... iul 0 Other -- 0 '""'ffici ... t Ooto for Ewoluotion 0 Un&rnown .ROUDd ball ot light, dull lthlt~, ap~d est 20 mpb, no ,axh!tut -loud tvl~ r flpc,..-~tt'"ed to be climbing. ObeerYed at : : !I-!~ eiev. Assoc:latlon bet\olften sound en. l :6 1 ~h t . of object assumed at observers . description o!" a b'llloon except ror sound. DJrntion not reported ther da.ta inlicat.es b&lloon. Evrtluation la poaslblle balloon. 25. Drav a picture that uill show the ahape of the object. Label and include in 7our aketcb 0117 detaila of tbl object tbat JOU aav, and place an arrow beaide the drawinl to sbaw the directioa the object vaa movins. ~ seE' A/linE \-Ins thla the 1 l tat (Cirole One) 1 :: iJ?tff ~f.CTIOH E t.tme that 7ou have aeen an objeet like thia? 26.1 JF JOU :mn\t4red tro, then when, \lhere, and under llhat ccmditioM 27. In 7~ apinitm ,,,h4t dG you thiak the object lolaa aDd what migbt haft s .3oed fr~Yl . ~ ;is, :1nd :fl:1t f ron a:1or.:1P.r vie:r. I ':ou l d not r:ts ~ot a :-:~1n.o0~ (soe r : 1.so:1s in e::clns:1re) or c.a ai!'i')lan~. TELEPHM Ntl :BFlt Hbat 1s you-: presgnt job? La.J t Jehoo_ .. ~ c~cr.<.ted 7-~ar or l a.3t at.'tandance at thi3 school ----- 22. In the tollowiftl sketch, 7tJUr qe at the poi.nt shown. Place an "A" Oft the curved line to show how bigb the object \laa above the horizon when 7CN ttrs' aav it. Place a a to show where it wu when when rou last aav it. 23. Ia the tollo~ tty 1icdtcb place &D "A" at the poeitlon the object val 7ou tlrft t; 3 Hw .it, and a "B" at itl poaitiOD when rou lut aav it. Draw a p1oture that vW abow tbe otl that the objeot de. Place at the ot ita patb ., a s at tbe eDd ot it. patb.~ -......_ elae with yoa at tbe tiM 7ou aaw the object? unered DS, 414 tbq '"the objeot too? 29.2 Pleaae list their )0. Pl.eaae adc:l hare ~n1 turtb.r G~BU Vbich 7CN belieft are Uae additional tth .. ta ot tbe -alae paper it neoeU'7 the o h ,1 lir :c tier- :a.s se~:l a :ra.f'ar. ~i ~ ll,. -;cir.~ i n "'.U Jlanc. HEADQUARTERS UNITID ST A TIS AI .. FOKI ROunMG AND IICOID 5 (Uncld) UPOB W&8biD8ton, D. C. Area (1645 hours, 23 Feb 54) TOr Comander, Air Technical Intelligence Center Wrigbt-Patteroo Air Porce Base, Ohio FROMr Collection Coatrol Brancb AFOIN-lAl/ CollectioD Operation Division Directorate of Intelligence, DCS/0 Harlow/71C67/ht 1. Attached is report on UFOB observed over Was~in~ton area, 23 2. ~eatber balloon was released from Silver Hill, Maryland o bservatory a 00 hours, 23 February 1 954, whic h . tay accou n t for the si&bting. (Note: Tbis s t aLomdnt i~ not intended to dir~ct the natura "'f your inquiry into this incident.) 3. Data for this L"Jport was developed by MaJ Kiss1k, Intelligence Officer, Air Weather 8arvl , Andrews Air Force Base at t~e request of APOIM-Ul. Weather chatt3 which may assist evaluation of this si6hting are attached. 4. Attached ATIC furs for detailed copJ &Y&ilable 1D APOIN-lAl, requet on UPOB is furaihed D.C., 2 .3 h' 19~. 16:JO P.- Si1ftnll eo1on4 o-jMte ,._ te haft -.. a ' Jut a t at.aatea troa Sll.,.. W~1-,.._. ._ M eltaeltll a M quit WOI"k at 1600 lira. ~ ia .,.... tt. ot n a lllllioa people w-.14 'be,o.l tlae bral!& .. poiat. a. al ... , ia a repon oa ot 'b1a )'8&rwhiola MR. ..._..... oltJ .. t 1a 4AZ'k ' appeared to baft vi t~ 1illlt .-.. tr. 'l'U HJ"' ta-nal .. traa Nor'Ja M Sfl. 'l'llere at, h.U -la ,.._ .arr. J'oiat a Oa baaia ot 1A'l&a\loa to lie airl , Aa &owa t~ rport v1Adowa ot ot a OlaJ"' waa obaened wi'lkt-\&lera MACON, OEOl\CilA From the teatimoay of the ob1ervera, ancllenerallanclmarka in tt. pbotoJr&p~ the cllrectloD, bea.rlDJI ancl e!evationa of the object wert! determined. It ~Mas establ\abed that the sijhtings were observed in the direction of a U.s. Army Provtn1 Cround area a feM miles away. Further inveatlg~tlona de!lnitely confirmed that between the 6th l.nd lZth o f the rnon t!1, l arge scale rehear~al9 ~nd :>~r."ltion.J were ta.kina t~lac in th~ p r "1vin;.c .lround area, aa part o a jolnt-deiene A coDalclerable 1\tuc~lnt o f artillery, mortar and anti-aircraft, I'OCUt fire, U&eel'l, An\! flarea, tncluclla1 UOpplnl Of parachute typea, llled the 1ky 4U"lDI th\ 1 period. Aircraft parttclpatetl. A crowtl, reportecl aa 4000 peool. wltneaaed the exercl from wlthta tbe Army .REPORT Fa OM C-Z, F;r. BENNINCi Ill clla't'l'alon1 with Col. H. W. Cireer, Ci-Z, it was revealed that exte.aalft opel'ationa and rehearsal took place in the Aberdeen Area and vlcbuty between 6 and ll May i957, a.3 ?~rt oi a Joint-DeleaH problem. z. The following participated, or took place: a. Arnty L-ZO droppina flares b. F l ring ol 155mm ahells and flares c. Faing o t. Zmr:1 mol"U.r .1h~lt.1 and !lare s (Note: Tha .clve hiah lntenalty but short directioD li1hta. 'fl'l, llbj!!ct belo the aircraft ln some of the !ra.m~ \~t,'t! .&r !'I to 1M aa object in thta category) cl. ~hrn AA !lrlnga f. Ex'-ualft " of VT fgaea l. The alw wa literally filled with shot, aheU, flare ancl trace I' 4. Appw..tlnately lOCO people lD the JroWlds wttnaaaecl the display. Thia re .. rt waa 1t to Capt. O.o1 T. Ore1ory au Mr. BUak .Armmeat s,.c t EDWARDS AIR ~ORCE BASi: At approximately 0800 tn the morning two Air Force camcsra specia.Uata (on their way to a !)hoto-theodolite station) wer 3 sta~tled to ee , what they deacribed aa a dlac-shaped o~ject that glinted briJhtly in the morning sun. Wlthin a matter of minutes they haJ 9et up their s pt!cialtzed photoli(rl.ph!c device, and commenc~d t~'dnJ ph'lto~ra.;->h::s o f t!:e object ae they traclted tt for approximately 25 minutes. The two 1-re n etitl':th!d t.'le object to be a:>proximately lSO {eat in While a chec 1< ~u ~ heHng m.J.de for all possible aircraft, radar ancl filght teat operatcw .. "'"' acttvittea that could provide some data on the probable cauae of the sighting, the photoa were being ca-reiully all&lysecl by ATIC. Each ph()ttJ hna1e waa subject to an analyala taking into coaalderadoa all the opdcal charactertatt.ca and limitation of the camera. lDYolecl, ma1alflca.doa l.actor of the eatarJmenta, path aiWI charactarbdca of the object. aacl the local mateorolo&lcal conclttiolla ia D~lBI thla perlocl, radar, aircraft ancl nearby fli',(ht-tet unit1 _.-' .l ort.sd not.'lhlJ Wi'ls i!l t.."te ~r.,a at t.ut time. A r.ep\y t o a. c:-.11 made to 3. n~a.rby we1ther unit had 11ot been r eceived :~.a y~t. Me tnw h ile, EDWAaDS AFB INCID~NT The OtJtlCal aaalysla plot, graphically Japicud, indicated tht the proba.1Jle aiae of tha obJect wa1 between 5 to lZ teet in d~meter, and t."-1-e diaunce at which it wa..1 obzaerved was between 6 to lZ milea . A rot'lY !rom tile .vcather unit coniirzr.~d tlw.t a blloon w"a rel~a.aed elovatil:~s, bearin~u d 11 ti.&n e j coincided almost e:ca.ctly with those ~f th>t camera \!rew.