PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12.. CONCLUSIONS ~ cK Was Balloon "")l ~10"1 54 CA1~3tJRY, NEW ZEALAlTD o Probably Balloon 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Ground-Vi auol GMT 0 Air-Viauol 0 Air-lnterc.,t Rodor Possibly Aircraft 5 . P HOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probabl y Astronomical 0 Po ui bl y Astronomical I. NUMBER OP' OBJECTS 9. COW~S! :J MI?IDTS <NE 'WEST 0 Insufficient Ooto for Evaluation 10. BRIE' SUMMARY OP' StGHTINO Bright cigar shaped obj, motionless and with ~rrate flight obs erved f o r 6 minutes . Dis - ~ppeared by rising and moving west into a cloud laye r . ATIC l'O.Rllll 329 (ltSV 2f 11U' 52) 11. COMMENTS Balloon released a t seme time with identica l flight path. On l y data flicting i s that t."1 e ob@ was r e - ported as cigar shaped and the balloon cy lindrical. The fact that the balloon was in the area a nd the r enor t indicated that the balloon was l'IOT obs erved indicates that t~e balloon was misinterpreted for the obj repo rted. Kalapoi, llew zealand Dear l'fr. This will aeknovledge receipt of your three letters, dated 2 5 november, 2 December and 6 December 1954, respectively. The Infor- mation whioh you gr&e1ausly submitted i n the f orm of personal corres- pondence and Jew zealand newspaper aecounta of unidentified flying obJeota, baa recorded and vill undoubtedly serve as a valuable suppleant te O"r researeh material on this subJect. for the purpose ot oompleting our recorda, and with your permission, photostat copies have been made of SGme ot the articles and letters which vera forwarded fol' our review. This data will not be released to a.r17 press media and you 7 be asnred it will be held in the strictest eontidence by the Air teehnieal Intelligenee Center ()l 23 Jovember 1954, the Air '.rechnical Intelligence Center for- Harded the eloud negatives back to you via sur.fa.oe mail, and all ot the articles and letters recentl7 submltt~d by you are returned as inclosures to tbis correspondence. Also, ~ttaehed tor your convenience 1s the v. s .Air rorce SUllllllar7 or Events and Information Concerning the Unidentified 1171ng ObJect Program." We hope you will fL"'ld 1 t to b e ot interest Concerning your speo1t1c L~quiry regarding exper~ental cargo paraohu~ drOps, tbe art1ole retars to poor v1sib1lit7 plus an addi tional hazard ot increased v1nd velocities. !he success of a ~ssion o:f thJI t;ype 1~ pr1ar117 dependent on weather conditions. Many factors auoh as vtnd velocities, size and type or the parachutes (which partiall7 <!et.rm1nea tbe rate ot descent), weight of the cargO, droppilll heigbt, etc., are all dependent en one another and must 'be ona14ered in the m1as1on planning ot a drop. So, it raa;y be read117 realized that during experimental missions, such unforeseen c1reura- s t aneea aa sudden change in vis1b1l!ty and wind velocities can di3rupt a planned drop. A drop conduoted \L"l<ie~ these oond1 t ions w~ld ce 1m- :.:>raot1oable due to poaa1ble damage or loss of the cargo released, ilh1ob rdsulta 1n a monet1U7 loss as well as waate4 manhours. Ltr t o !tr. Ialapo1, !lev Zealand (Contd) Thsnk you again for your assistance and you. !nay be assured that your 1n~arest in thi3 program haa been greatly appr eciated by the Air TeohnJ.oal Intelligenc e Center. 1. Ltr to ~. dtd 2. Ltr to ... dtd 3. Ltr to Jlr. ~tel 4. Ltr to Jlr. td 5 Jnyelo~ conta1 n1ng newspaper ol1pp1ngs 6. VSAJ' Sl1 coami)lATION: Sincerely, R . C . SCHlf.~r Asst. Ad j . BY AIR. MAl L . O.f'I''!CL\L r1:_s COPY 3~EC!: (Uncl) Correspondence Received Fro~ Poreign National T!"IHV: Director ~r Intelligence Headquarters USU Al'f: UOIJ-l.B4 Washington 25, IJ. 0 TO: American Embass7 A'l'!lf: Air Attache !>1el bourne, A\15 tralia 1. A ttaohed fOr' your 1ntorma t1on and retention i s one oop;y or a letter dated 27 December 1954, prepared by the Air 'l'echnical In- tell18ence Center, Wright-Patterson A1.r rorce Base, Chio, to Jlr. Xalapoi, Jew Zealand 2. During 1954, b hu corresponded direc:tl7 witb the .Air !echnioal Intelligence Center on a number of occasi ons ooneern- L~ unident1t1ed flying obJects (UJOs) observed over New Zealand. His letters have been sincere and eo\tl'teous at all times and he h.a.s consistently displayed a willingness to be of assistance to our UFO progu. Be haa treel7 and voluntarily contributed tJJO 1n1'ormat1on collected ttJPOugh his own efforts witn the result that valuable ex- cerpts have been made troa his data and included 1n our reference 3. Requeat this correspondence aerye aa background uter1al ror arrr tuture inquiries 10ur ott1ce may receive on Ill-. liUir's act1v1t1ea. FO R T~E COMAAND~R C7 ltr to 111- R~ C. SCHUM CWO,. 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