PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon January 1956 Seattle,Washington 0 Probably Boli-n 0 Possibly Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local JCIX Ground Visual 0 Ground Radar 0 Was Aircraft field glasses 0 Probobl y Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Air-Visual 0 Air Intercept Radar Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical Possibly Astro"omlca! LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other lliXInsuffieient Date for Evoh1otlon 3 minutes one S-N 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Oval shaped, golden and glowing with with contrail; ong tail. Wx clear. Object climbing. however, data too limited to support this analysis. Insuffi- cient data. ATJC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) r"''1Jtto., 25T!. ALIV ;l.C CHO o~. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION o. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTtMe Crescent shaped object size of dime, color white and yellow. Very bril- liant. Went froa dia to bright. Radiosonde released at sandpoint Washington at 0230Z. Initial tion at 45 dgr in west. Final tion at 6-8 dgr. Object faded. ATlC FORM 329 (REV 26 S&P 52) 12. CONCLUSIONS 11. COMMENTS elevation in West moving to lU~ elevation in 1 l/2 hours. This was approximate position of object. Prevailing winds.to Bast auling out balloon. ~J.ED~-1::'1 CO:!DR AIR Tt:CriiHCI1L r;:TZi..LIGE~JCE. Ct~TE~ '.IRI G:lT ?ATT:R:>O:J AF.j, 0 ~J=::P."~/ JIRECTCR OF I:~7ELLIV2~C2, VZADQL: .;~T2R.S, U.:>AF, .!A~H 23, D ZEN;CC::uR 2 5TH ADIV, i!CCriCRD AFo , :JA:)H 1 UilCL/S35AC\v 1 ,,.,. SU..:.J : UFOB rt2?0RT. F OLLO:vll~G UFO.:> I S F ORJAADZD L1 ACCORDANCE WITH .~FR 220- 2 , PARAGRAPH 1. lA CRESC2NT B . Dlrl c . Whif- ~RIGrlT 2 . A . LOOKING OUT WINDOW a . !s5 D~G::tt:ES c . S- 8 DEGREES D ~I.:AP?EA?<ED 6. FADING-.:NESTERL Y . FADES F ONE HOUR THIRT Y MI NUTES jA. ~1ANOR, --1 ;nLES EAST OFILYNwOOD 5. A. ~!RS~1 ALDER~OOD MANOR, P~OLE GR V'Z?.Y GvCD.~d. iJO:lE: c . NDNE D. GOOD . VE:RY LI TTLE :3. ~!ONE 9 . NOH 1 2 . ll. NO~! 1 2 . I HAVE ~10 EXPLANATION OUT S IDE CF .T:-\E FACT THAT QUITE .\ FE~ AI2CRAFT COULD HAVE a.EN IN IM~lECIATE AREA DU! TO 60EI~G TZST CZ~!TER, SEA-TAC MUNICIFAL AND NAVAL 3AS~S CLOSE TO S~ATTLZ l j . A. :'!O~IZ 7. A. V ErtY GOOD D VERY GOOD E . VERY Ll TTLE PAGE THREE RJWPDM 117A -ATTLE HN ; . NAS SANDPOINT WASH RZLEASED A RADIOSONDE AT Z2.30Z .11/0745Z FEo RJ{.JPDN 1 RJEPHQ/ Dik OF I NTELLJ CNCE HDQi\S USAF vJASiilNGTC!~ 25 D C RJWPSh/COM WADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF A. CRESCEr~T B DII"!E C. WHITE AND YELLOW j r. VERY BRILLIANT I. DIM AND BRIGHT PAGE TWO ~JWPDM 117A 2. A. LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW C 5 DEG -8 DEG D. EAST TO WEST E . DI SQPPEARED TO THE WEST -FADED B . BINOCULARS WPti122 YDA121 ~YA13 7 XMC054DMA084 00 RJWPSB RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ FM 25TH ADCC MCCHORD AFd WASH TO RJDEN/C0t1 A D COMMAND ENT AFB DOLO SPRGS COLO