UPOB INDEX CARD 2. LOCATION 7. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION 10. BRII!II SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING eM (1), tear-dNJt biped obj.e\ dlftP 1D aolor, ba,-btc the of a and a18e the of a pla.tio botto.;. rnte-eep\ ~ but .the object .. aben the bS,ooo too\ 111 itude b.J'1he pslote. ODe pU the objeat wu a ' AlSOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) 1 I. COMMENTS \'he deacrip\tcm of the objee'tt ba u. pilo\ etatecl the objeo\ a A check b7 thi with COC Weather at .&DC wae poeltift. A vas onr the area or ld.gbt,iDg at tbe time of the aightina at an altit11de ot 900 teet~ Re.eol a WAS PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATI 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 21 Jul 55 R~cbland, Waahington ~::b~w'!&anoon . Lonl----------- Greunti-VIaual D CroundRodar g ~:b!~i;'ta'rcroft :d: =~.1-..-11 AIP.V~I.,_ol a_A_Ir-_l_n_t_rc pt_Ra_d_a_r -I D Poaalblr Aircraft D Waa Aatronomlcal D Probablr Aatronomlcol civilie.nt D Poaalblr Aatronomlcol &aiAWt OJI.OIIIIVATION L MUMIIR OP OIJICTI t. COURSE D Other::---~- -- l ing Slowly g ~:!!'!."' Data for Ealuation IRIIP OP liGHTING One tear-drop shaped obj silver 1n color, appearance or large ballm also appearance of plastic bottom. Intercept action was t~en but obJ was above 45 000 ft alt reached by pilots. One pilot stated obj ~ balloon. AftC PORM 329 (REV 2 SJdl 12) 11. COMMENTS Description of obj has charac~eristics ot balloon. Check w1 th COC Weather at ADC was positive. Balloon ~ over area of sighting at time of sighting at an alt of 80,000 feet. Balloon. WPB1~1 YDD111 XYA179 Xl1A065 XXB039GRA015 RR RJEDEt! RJED~!P RJEPHQ RJHPKL RJl.JPDM DE RJ\t!PGR 32A / F~l CO NINEAIRDII GEIGER FLD SPKANE AN TO RJEDE~I/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO RJEDWP/COMDR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJVJPHQ/DOI HQ USAF tJASHINGTON 25 DC RJHPKL/CO! .. lt!ADF HA~liL TO~l AFB HAt1ILTON CAL IF RJWPDM/COHDR FLT 1-A 4502ND AISSRON MCCHORD AFB TACOMA AN /U~C~ASSIFI~D/90Dl 5232 .PD UFOB PD 1 CLN A C~lA TEAR DROI PD B CNA VERY LARGE BALLOON TYPE OBJECT PD C SILVER PD D CNA ONE ID E CNA N/A PD F CilA SILVER t~JHITE WITH PLASTIC EOTTOil PD G C[JA NOt!E PD E Ct1A NONE PD 1 CiIA AL1"ITUDE OF 6C r:J FT OR MORE PD 2 CLtJ A OBSERVED FROM GROUND , BY GOC PD B C~1A 25 TO 3 0 DEG ELEVATION CNA 180 DEG FROI"i RICHLP.ND UASHINGTON AIRPORT PD C CMA Nv1/1A PD D Ct1A SLOW rlOV ING TO SOUTH PD E CNA : Ur;K PD F C~lA UNK PD 3 CLN A Ct~JA GROUND-VISUAL AND AIR VISUAL PD B CMA 20 PO\JER TELESCOPE PD C CNA OVERTONE 1!Z AND 13 CiY!A .3:-.,z.:s~ TO 45.,r~8ZFT QCMA 168 DEG CMA 35] KTS CMA LARSON AFZ WN PD 4 CLN A CMA 21/1.3372 TO APPROX 21/14202 PD B Cr1A DAY PD 5 CLN AB 4418 PD 6 CLN A C~lA G. A.1 1 ~ PAGE TWO RJWPGR 327- UBIE Ct-JA DRIVE C WN CHA AEC SECURITY PATROL Cl1A RICHLAND lvN C~jA G. E. PATROL PD B CNA 1/LT R. T CAi1EROU Ct(lA OVERTONE 13 323RD FIS LARSON AFE ALERT PILOT PD CLN CAPT RAVZ~!SBURG CI~JA OVERTONE 10 .323RD FIS CnA LARSON AFB CrIA PILOT BOTH VERY RELIABLE PD 7 CLN A C~1A CLEAR PD B Ct'1A SURFACE CALUt1 CllA 6:Z.0 FT 210 AT 7 KTS CNA 100C0 FT 22f.i AT 1~ KTS CNA 16~:~0 FT 210 AT 2~1 KTS CI!A 20002 FT 21C. AT 25 KTS CIiA FT 22~ AT 35 KTS Ct1A 5 FT 22;rJ A T 2~ KTS Ci,lA 8 ... :t:~:!i F T 180 AT l S KTS PD C c ;1A 1!0l.:E PD D CiiA U~':LI~!ITED PD E CllA NONE PD F CHA ;lOt!E PD 8 CLN tlONE PD 9 CLN TtJO ACFT FROr~ 323RD FIS LARSON AFB \JERE SCRA ELED FOR INTERCEPTIOt~ PD ACFT CLI:1DD ORVILLE E BIXEL I1AJ USAF D/I 9TH AIR DIV PD ONE PILOT OF Ii:TCP ACFT 1 STATZD HE AAS SURE OBJECT WAS LARGE BALLOO~l PD SHAPE Cl1A COLOR CMA SIZZ AND SPEED OF OBJECT SUGGESTS IT HAS A BALLOON PD 12 CrlA NO~!E PD E D