PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 1154 Danvil l e , Virgini~ a Probably Balloon TYP E OF OBSERVAT ION a Possibly Balloon DATETIME GROUP di Ground Vi suol a Ground-Radar d Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft a A I ,.. Vi s u al 0 Air-Intercept Radar Po ssi bl y Aircraft s. P HOT OS Was Astronomi col 0 Probably Astronomical a Possibly Astronomical LENGTH OP OBSERVATION a. NUMBER O F OBJECTS COURSE 0 Other Insufficient Dat a for Evaluation 2 11 e Yt :i ce.l Il Unknown ''n.rr.es B RIEP' SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Ell.~ -ti -:al obs:;r.re r ::unl.swer glcw. Hov ered Rel iabil5t.y ; m":nown. cl:..:tber! by side disap:_Jearing deg UNI D::Il'i:!:F'I -D elevati.-;n . ~ot br-: art-r ATIC FORM 329 (REV 211 SI!:P 5 2) J:: JS!JLS 56A f!! COt~DR FLTSVCC~::::: OU1STD AFE PA TO J:~H~/DIROfiNT H~ USAF WASHDC JS ;-G/CO:.OP. 7LTSVC OR LAt~DO AFE ORLA:JD0 FLO l D.:-: r:R I PT IO~JS .L~. ELIPTICAL UITH DO>iZ 0~'-l TOP 2 . 8 FE~T GY 2~ FZET " -i i oll") ~. SIJZ 2Y SID~ O~l LEVZL PLANE APPRC'< L~ FC:: ~1 H. r:C SOL .. D TlO )IC" VI:RTICALLY c . OEJ2CTS HOVS'RING AT DISCOVERY THEN CLIEED SID:: &Y SID V:i::RTICALLY AT TERIFIC RATt 0~ SP~t; D ISSfPPEARII~G C. CLI~2D OUT OF SIG~T E. Tv:c ~il~UTES /3/ ~i.hii!-::i::R OF OESE:RVATIO~ A. GROUND VISUfl.L / 6 / ID.~t,iTIYII~G r:.:oR;1fiTIO~J OF Jot:RVER f.. C IV I I L I~-f t ;-,I.:) . PWS ALOF'T '1HRZt: JEDLS 5 S A C. CL.::AR /8/ ~NY.. OTH:::R 'UtJUSUAL P.CTIV TTY ( 9 ) P HYSICAL :::VI~2NCE o:-SIGHJING './11/ .AIRTRAFFIC I N THE ll.RS.O. OF SIGHT HIG A . t!Ot!E 1121 PP.::?tl.RE:D 5~' OP!!::~ATI')NS OF7IC:.:R OL . :ST::D F'L T S\f 1131 ::o 71J~T!::::~ HFO AVAILA5L=:; TEIS C!:f.!TER NO C.ti.SE (INFORMATION ONLY) Woodside, Calif SOURCE : CRIFO r:ewsletter ,1 oct 54 ~MYSTERY MEI6L ICt:fiiES ROAD; Woodaide, Califor i a af!idala and resi; dents were baflled by a ab.ower ol wb1te-bot metal pell Aug. Z 7, 19S4. The ~ urore was triggered when a woman motoriat saw a ''c rei of fire" 'alon~ ;pertols R oad. Later firezuen f ound .scores of small pieces o ! !laming metal -burning the pavement over an area about 70 by 2SO feet. The blacktop bubbled ~where the me~l"burned into it and grass !ires were started where the metal ~burned along the shoulders of the highway. A res ident . Ignacio lwtira.rnontea, ~reported hearini a loud explosion about 4 :15 P . M. , but s a ... :1.othing . ~ Ac~VJ~ill8 :rJ.1~ "Mehl\,u.rpsta and AI officials cf!.:r ed ~o solution t~lo&thewhiteho ~llita. Mat m~w-Tepc .. rte'cf t~ h=-t"a..n .:1~ rn ze ::2.. f rom a dim-e to a 50 cent piece, and according to the metal shower burned holes in the road surface a quarter of a.n de-" re it out." he said. "It has me completd y mysti- '!:: fied: " said the metalt!cra.ps lad i r regular ~All Air Force spokcsm_.. aclvaneed the theory, the metal came from jet plaDW .- ~ exba\lat pipca whic:h -extrente temperatuJ'ea in night. However-. a ehec::.k; ) ~with air baaea c:llac: military Jeuwere iD ibe bay arta J'riday .. (Tba:ntr..~ l" aDd aa unnamed in!onrtant who senf tn the awwy' ~