PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Spri::l&field, lll1Do1a 3. DAT!TIME GROUP 4. TYP! OF OBSERVATION f:J Grour~dVhual 0 GroundRodor 0 AI .. Vl.ual 0 Alrlntercept Radar 5.' PHOTOS civilian (GOC) 14 7. LeNGTH Oil OISI!RVATION HUMBER Oil OBJECTS 9. COURSI! -45 secoDds E to 'W to S 10. BRII!I' SUMMARY or SIOHTIHO 11. COMMENTS One oT&l-round obJ, size of dtae held at arms leDgtb vas glowiDg between orange and red. jet air' craft. Obj came tram E and then tt.u"ned Soutb over ATIC PORM U9 (R&V 26 S&P 52) CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft 5Jx Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronoml c:ol 0 Probably Astronomical Po asl bl y Astranamlc:al lnsufflc:lent Data for Evaluation sav possible exhaust of INFO R'JEDNG/COMDR 31ST AD i C t>Ef SNELLING AF STATION ST PAUL MINN\ . ' ( RJEPWP/COM1JR AIR TECHNICAL INTELL CENTER WRIGH1!-PATTERSON AFB OHIG---- RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLI ;rNCE HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHING 25 D.C /U N C L A S S I F I E D/ OPS 791-781 PD REF AFR 200-2, DATED 12 AUG A. 1. ROUND OVAL SHAPE 3. GLOWING BETtf!EN YELLOW AND ORANC:E 5. FLYING EAST TO WEST UNTIL IT REACHED THE OBSERVERS POST, THEN TOOK A X 98 DEGREE TURN TO THE SOUTH AND DIS APPEARED PD 7. HAD A TAIL PAGE TVO RJEDNG 3J B. 1 OBSERVER WAS SIGHT FOR Al!CRAFT 2. UNKNOWN 3. UNKNOWN 4. FLYING EAST TO WEsT UNTIL IT REACHED THE OBSERVERS POST; A 91 DEGREE TURN TO THE SOUTH AND DISAPPEARED. S. DISAPPEAR F.]) OVER THE HOR ISON VERY RAPIDLY 6. 4' SECONDS c. 1. GROUND VISUAL 2. NAKD EYE D. t. l8/9J63fJ2 SEPT '' E. t. AK 2149 LAKE SPRI~J;JitlD ILL UD ENT - UNDER AGE G. t. VERY CLEAR 2. 6-l8il DEGREE -25 K 30 -208 DEGREE -IGJK PAGE THREE RJEDNG 3J H. l ' NONE