PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 12. LOCATION Probably Bolloon Possibly Balloon 12 Sep 55 j Middlebury, Vermont 3. DATETIME GROUP .f. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5.' PHOTOS 7. LENGTH OP OBSERYATIOH II Ground VIsual 0 Air-VI suol NUMBER OF OBJECTS d Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po ssl bl y Aircraft 0 GraundRador r-Intercept Radar 0 Was Astronoml col 0 Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Insufficient Data for Evaluation drifting NE 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One obj, like a llhite top, half' the size of a dime, shiny, like s emi-tr anB}>Rrent plastic, was seen to be drif'tJ.ng northeast. MOB # 112 was over the area of the sighting at time of sighting. 'Ibis balloon was drifitng northeast. Balloon. ATIC FORM J:ISI (RBV 26 8BP 52) TMB151DHA045 DHB034 MM RJEDEN Rd D~IP RJEPHQ RJEPSN DE RJEPDH 33B Fl-1 COt1DR OIC FLT 3-E 45020 AISS ETHAN ALLEt\ AFB HINOOSKI VT TO RJEDEN/COl1DR ADC E~lT AFB COLO SPGS COLO sYRACUSE .. NY RJEPSN/COMDR 32ND ADIV rn:r HANCOCK FLD RJEmr/COl1DR ATIC lYRIGIIT PATTERSON AFB RJEPHQ/DIR OF I NTEL HQ U~AF WASH 25 DC IUNCLASSIFIEDIAIS3E 113 .T PD UFOB PD THE FOLL IS SUBN IN COMPL WITH PAR 7 AFR 200-2 DTD 12 AUG 54 CLN LIKE A TOP HALF THE SIZE OF A DIME SHINY LIKE SEN! TRANSPARANT PLASTIC PAGE T~JO. R'JEPDH 33B MRS C\1i1 tvEYBRIDGE CNM VT NOTIFIED THE STATE POLICE AND SUBJECT WAS DI SPATCHED TO SCENE OF OBSERVAION B. I NITIAL AZIMUTH-45 (OBSERVER ONLY STAYED FOR 5 MINUTES> AELEVATION 12 DEGRS c. APPROX 5 DEGREES ELEVATION 45 DEGREES AZIMUTH D. STRAIGHT DRIFTING SLOWLY NE E. SEE PAR 2 D ABOVE F T MINUTES 3 . A. GROUND VISUAL tfRY, VT (HJBQ 5001> AT THE Hot1E OF MRS 4 MILES N~l OF MI f. ARCHIE LABRAKE ;~i~RIDGE, VT <HJBQ 4704> OBJECT WAS ALSO (JDSERVED DRIFTING NORTH AT CA 4 000 FEET DIRECT OVER WATERBURY VT < :1.?C'Q 1520 > AT 12/1435Z SEP 55 BY ~JORl<ERS AT 1 THE STATE HOSPI 1'11 ) THIS INFO RELAYED TO STATE POLICE PD CMM J\vE 24 CMM ADR 8 CROSS ST MIDDLEBURY VT PAGE THREE RJEPDH 33B HZYBRIDGE VT HCU SS 7 A. SKY WAS SLIGHTLY OVERCAST NO PRECIPITAION \liND NORTHERLY B~ .SOUTH BURLI~GTON VT (HJBQ' 5028 ) SURFACE NORTHERLY 5 KN C. UNLIMITED D TP MILES 9. ONE JlR LATER AIC OF THE 37TH FTR SQ OPERATION IN THE AREA WAS REQUESTED TO INVESTIGATE AT PLACE OF LAST SI GHTING BUT DID NOT LOCAE ANY ODJECT 10. JET ACFT OF THE 37TH FTR SQ CONDUCTING ROUTINE TNG FLTS IN AN AROUND AREA AT TIME or SIGHTING 11. OIC, FLT 3-E, RYPWD AI S~ PD EXCEPT FOR THE POSSI BILITY THAT SIGHTING$ vli\S A AEI\l 111-:H DALOON FROM SOME OTHER AREA THE FACT THAT JET ACFT viERE IN Tm: V rc I NITY WITHOUT NOTICING ANY OBJECTS PRECLUDE THE PREPARI NG OFFic~ r< TO GIVE ANY EXPLANATORY SOULUTION TO THE 12. NONE PD END CCC LINE 8 GP 2 PAGE J . ll READ 4/1121 RPT 4/10 13/21152 SEI RJEPDH