PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Long Beach, Long I s l and, NY 0 Probably Boli-n II:XPossi bl y Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP ~. lYPE OF OBSERVATION IX&tound-Visual 0 Ground Rod or 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Airc raft 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 P o ssi bl y Ai rcroft 5. PHOT OS Was Astronomical 0 Probabl y Astro~micol Civi l i a n 0 Possibly A s t ronomical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION NUMBER OP OBJECTS COURSE 0 , Other 0 lnsufficie"' Data for Ev a luati o n . 0 Un:Cnown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING tl. COMMENTS Object oblong spiral, smoke Appeared to b e like weather balloon. and moving NNE. Disappeared with set tin UNr.tAf.JliF!ElJ ----'=i-:.(CLAS:t FILA liON) Af FORM 112-PART II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATJON REPORT REPOR I NO. B (Balloon) (Location of SOURCE) The $00ROE estimated the object to be at an angle of elevation of .30 d~ A'-the tt:me of the s~ghting .the 5\lD .wu lo~ated low ;l.n the west, with the object being between the observer and the sun, creating the effeets as s.een in the SCURCE S sketch of the objec~ on page .3 or this r.eport. NOTE. TillS OOCU '.~l . r CO;lP.INS IN~OR '1ATIO N 4 F!"ECTING THE '"\ rJON\L OEFW E OF T HE UNITED STAT'; WITHIN THE .'~EA~ l NG OF T HE ESPIO'IAGE ACT. SOU S C. - 31 AND Jl. AS~'.' 'IDEO ITS TRAiSMISSIO'I OR THE REVl:LATION or ITS COnTENTS IN ANY MM.:'<ER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS P"')HIBITED av L'.Y. IT MAY NOT SE REPRODUCED ltl WHOLE OR I N PART, BY OTHER THAN Utlll ED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, E.\CCPT B f PERMISSION OF iHS DIRECToq CF I N TELLJGENCE. USAF. UNCLASSIFIED \C:LAS5.rtC;. TIONI il?Pt<cxn MTELY 'LT~l..L.~.S OP E:R AT::: S AFmRM 112 A~PROVEi> I JUNE I~ Detach~ent 3, 460?d ~ISS I 18 January 1S56 ~.Jr~p_,m E. EIREL, 1/LT, USAF c,"t t t ivniflCtrl::t i l jL'Jal ontl("'! fl~.c: JJ'IfG'jfC.O&. Lu: rtl:l.;, ..... I Ol lvJJCf l</1. CCi'iTE~'!'S: De~cription of si <hting Street, Atlantjc ~each, Long I s land, ~up~lernentary Investigative 'fforts Comments of Preparin~ Officer II. ~c:;.:r_.:. Y: Upon notification from !:1 .!.;t)C2d AI SS to c onduct a f ellow- u p investigation on t he above s:ghting, a copy of the preli nary re;ort wa s obtained from the 26th lL. ::ne first indieatinn was that several indi vii.iuals had observed the s a i'le UFOB, however follo.v-up investigative efforts revealed that only '.!r an unidentj fied worr.an ~ac! observed t he object in ~uest . Dl\':f'!'!r1ATOR: l/Lt. Conrad H ... Seibe 1 A0 -931256 (5ee Pert I ) JOHN M WHitE JR Colonel, USAF D/I, lSAF; Corndr, ATIC; D/I, 26th ADiv; Corr.dr, h602d AISS; Det 3, lt602d AISS AF FORM 112-PART II tC1 &SSt "t rtONI AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I. SClWCE: .:,tlantic Beach, Long Isl,and, ~!ew York Occupation.: S\L'Mler .Resort Operp.tor F~ucation: High School .. ~a~ifications: None II. RELIABILIT'!: SCtiRCE "';as a ::1a:ture level-heade~, well to do businessman and displayed concern over the. sirhting which he had felt l'las his duty t o report, but was worried about receiving any publicity over the rr~tter. At no time did Sot'P.CE :i.ndicate that he had seen a saucer or other interplanetary vehicle , but conversely expressed his confusion over the strange serie s of events-that had t ake n place before his eyes. At no t ime did the SOUP.C3 tend to embellish a:ny of the details involved nor ~iere t here an;r contradictions in his state!'lents., III. S"1T~CE S D CP.r'TION CF ~ISETTI~G: SOUFCE .,as driving h.--.me at 18/21.40...: JAN 56 on ?.eech St.~ in a westerly direction'. About four mile s from t:or!le he notic what h~ ~t first believed to be a cresent-shaped sliver of the moon and continued an his way. L9ck:ing up moments later he again saw t '!;e object, however it had changed its position from vertical to horizontal. Once ~ore t ~llS ignored since he felt that some upper layer-of clouds had pa$sed in front ot t.he moon siving it these varied forms. ~en in a few seconds i t : reap?eared_in an entirely different position he became concerned and stopped the car. At"ter watching it elowq drift downward !rom one ;::osition tcr another tor a couple of monents, he got into his car again and hurried home. Pe rushed to the upstairs bedroom of his house, located on the beach overlooking r-tew York ~arbor, and with ~he aid of binocu) ars, observed the ob,ject for several minutes longe~ s rURCE was certain that he had seen the object tor about 25 minutes and that i t w~s about 20 miles away at a headinr. of ~bout 275 degrees. It was about 30 degzees above the horizon at first and then drifted slowly, downward 'to about 2C degree~ until darkness prevented further observation. The edges were said to have given the impression of being well defjned, but that the distance involved prevented the detection of any details. I t gave SOrE:~ the impression of the silver lining of a cloud but that it did not shimmer. It wa s white and brighter t han t he background sky and since it was a clear day with excellent visibility, it remained sit.ht at all times till darkness SCU~E ~ore glnsses and made his observation with 10x50 binoculars through the bedroom window. SOLTTICI: added that all movement was gr 2dual, that i t ,aar-=d to be a solid object, re:nained c-:>nsta:1t in sha!='e, a nd left no t r.:.il., !:e did :1ot notice any celestial bodies at t!le tine o f Lhe si t:r.ting. C:Qi.JRCE stated that it ~opeared to be about t~e to five times a s larpe as a co~ercial trans;;ort aircraft a t t he sa'le distance and was a bcut th.a s e of a pea ~eld a t arr.:s l ength .:irawinsr of UFOS Af FORM 112-PART II U tr C L A S ~ I F I S D AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Det 3, 4602d AISS DJ-UFOB-1-56 Inclosure 1 to Part One: SOURCE's Sketch of Object in Various Positions (Unretouched): 1st Position 3rd Position :_d Pooitio~ 4th Position 5th Position 6th Position lif FOAM 112-PART II U N C L A S . S I .. F I E D (Cl A l...ii'F C A '"tO N I AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT .4602d AISS . . l D3-UFOB-l-56 PAGE 4 oF 6 SUPPLEMENTARY ~VESTIGA TIVE ~FORTS: 1. A check was ma.da with the Filter Center at White Pla.ina, New York \Thich bas several GOC posts in the same area in which SOURCE lives. Negative results. 2. A check was made with the Base OperatiollB section or Uitchel AFB, New York, and the records of the AO reviewed. Negative results. 3. A check with the stewart AFB Weather Office renaled that on the after- noon of l! Jan 56, the sk;y condition was clear and the winds were as f ollows: Level DirectiOl'l 15 to 20 knota Con:sidering the wind factors abo-,e, the only stationa in the area surrounding the location of the sighting which are reapoasible !or the release or RAOIPs are at AlbaaT, New York, &ttal.o, New York and Kitchel AFB, New York. 'nlese balloons are . released dailT at 0900Z and 2l.OOZ. 4 Q Contact With the Coaat Guard station located at Short Beach, I;ong Island, New York, ani the Ployd Bennett Airpc:lrt, I()lll Island, New York, rewal.ed that no one remembered SlJ7 repOl"'t o! a . sightint 5.. A check with Jewaday, the Garden Cit.y I~ X.land newspaper, r~nealed. that a woman had cal]ect aDd reported an object in about the same position and at about the same time, haH;er no name or adthee waa &twn. She stated tha.t it a ppearn to be motionlesa and that it bonred something like a balloon U N C L A S S I F l E D A'F FORM 112-PART II (Cl-~ I''IC:&T ION\ AIR 1NTELLIGENCE .INFORMATION REPORT DJ-UFOB-1-56 c nrm:}iTS of Preparing Officer: 1. In the opinion of the Preparing Offi~er, the sig hting might have been caused b,-a weather b al l oon rel~asec:t at Bllffalo,. New Yor-k at O<JO.OZ s ince the report- ed velocities were in~ufficient to ~ransport the object the ~e~ui~ed di~tanee .in the 40 minutes elp.peed from the. time of the sighting .at /.1402 and the t ime of the evening release at 21002. . . . . 2. 'nie north and .north-westerlj" 'Winds tend to rule out the px obabili ty of a : balloon origina'ti.ng at t9he.ll AFB, which liee about 25 miles .northeast or t h e .. location of the sighting.' COMMENTS of Approving Officer: WILLru J sAL :ocK I Lt Colonel, USAF Of!icer in Charge 1. '!'be !ollowln& additional information vas reYealed by the Investiga ting Officer upon requast of this headquarters: ~ . a. Pihwld balloou are released at OJOOZ, 0900Z. lSooz. a.nd 2100Z daily rrom both civil and w1111oar.r apneies in the llev Y~k City area.. LaOuardia. and .-. Id~evild Airp~rta relea t.hia. tl])e bal10011 at the above times. b. !hese bel.leou are three feet in vi th balloon color dependent, . up~ sky eonditicma at the timiT of release. On a elear day,. as vaa 18 Jan 56 in the New York City area, white pibald ballooM were-released . . 2. .It is the op1n1cm of this headquarters that this sighting vas caused by . a pibald type balloon released at LaGuardia Ail'port (OeoRef GJBI12oh) at 18/2100Z Janua17 1956. The tollovi.ng ite11111 are given in support of the above hypothesis: a. LaGlJal'd1.a Airport is located fifteen (IS) lft:iles north-northwest of the SOURCE'S home. Winds at the time of the sightinr were frorrt the north and northwest, there'b7 cai'rying the balloon released at. LaGuardi a Airport at U~/2100Z