PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION January 1956 New Bedford, Massachusetts 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local IXJSro~.~nd Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-Vi aual 0 Air-Intercept Rad a r Cillilia.ll 7. LEHOT H Of' OISERVATlON I. NUMBER Of' OBJECTS 10. BRIE f' SUMMARY Of IIGHT1MG 11. COMMENTS Shape elliptical, twice the s ize o f Probable a/c tower, color, contrails. then turned t o very Contrails seen 15,000 ft below obj and in area. AT1C FORM 329 (RitV 2 laP 52) 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Waa Balloon 0 Probably Bali-n Pqsaibly Bali-n 8X Was Aircraft Probably Aircroft 0 Po ui bl y Ai rcroft 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronolcol 0 Poss ibly Astrortamlc ol 0 , Othe r 0 lnsuffl cient Oate fer Eval11a t ion 0 Unlcnown as indicat 2 1/2 MINUTES GROUND VISUAL BINOCULARS ST, NEW BEDFORD, MASS SPRAY PAINTER B. SISGT LOVEJOY, DETACHMENT 4 RELIABILITY UNKNO~N {aflt COVER D. UNLIMITED E 1" MILES NORTH TO SOUTH PAGE THREE RJEPDG 8f 1a. JET CONTRAILS SEEN 3a/1545Z JAN RJEPDG FM COMDR 762D AC~ SQ NO TRURO MASS ~ j TO RJEDEN/CO~lDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGW COLO !RJEPNBICOMDR EADF STEWART AFB NEWBURGH NY RJEPSN/COMDR 32D AIR DIV CD SYRACUSE AF STA SYRACUSE NY RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTEL CEN WRIGHT PATT AFB OHIO RJEPDG/DIR OF INTEL HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHHD C /UNCLASSIFIED/ACQOPS 01118 PD UFOB REF AFR 20Z-2 DTD 12 AUG 54 1. 'A ELLIPTICAL B. TWICE THE SIZE OF A 111 FOOT CIRCUMFERENCE WATER TOWER 'E. RED, THEN TURNED 1'0 VERY WHITE --r~ 'liON PAGE TWO RJEPDG SF 2. A. SAW CONTRAILS 15ZZ0 fEET BELOW OBJECT C. FLAT PLANE D. WESTTO NORTHHEAST CSEEM TO PACE CONTRAIL> E. SUDDENLY INTO CLOUD COVER VO WPF101 TYBI49 TD~DGAI39 MM RJEDWP RJIPHQ