PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :lCIX Was Balloon MississiEEi 0 Pro bob I y Boll oon DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon Local JIIXiround-Vi suo! XIXiround Radar 0 Was Ai ro:raft 0 Probably Ai ro:roft .XJf.ir Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomica l 0 P rob obi y Astronoml cal 0 Possibly Astmnomic:ol LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 . Other drifting east 0 Insufficient Data for Evoluotion see description 9RicF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Three objects Definitely identified from the ground at Keesler AFB, balloon cluster. picked up on ground ra radar. By utilization of a thoedolite it was ascertained that the objects were balloons af a large type. tied together. The balloons towards the ~st ATIC F'ORM U'i ( R :::V H SEP 5 2) DE RJESKS 2 - n1 COMDR KEESLER AFB MISS TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO RJESKB/COMDR 35TH ADIV DEF DOBBINS AFB GA RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH 25 DC RJEDDK/COMDR ATC SCOTT AFB ILL OD 705B. UFOB REPT IN V PARTS. PART I. FOLLOWING REPT DEVIATES FROM FORt-iAT REQUIRED BY AFR 200-2 SINCE FLYING OBJECT WAS IDENTIFIED. REPT IS SUBNITTED TO AID IN EVALUATION OF UFOB SIGHTING REPORTS ..vHICH f>1IGHT BE CAUSED BY SAME OBJECTS. PART II. AT 1400Z 07 FEB 56 LOCAL BASE OPERATIONS OFFICER ADVISED UFOB INVEq AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WAS APPROACHING THIS BASE FROM THE WEST AT A HIGH ALT AT SLOW RATE OF SPD. UFOB INVIS AND WG OPERATIONS OFFICER WENT TO FLT LINE TO OBSR OBJECT. LOWEAOFF, WG OPERATIONS OFFICER, BASE OPERATIONS OFFICER AND UFOB INVES OBSERVED OBJECT THROUGH A THEODOLITE AND INDENTIFIED IT AS A LARGE, PLASTIC BLN. A LOCOL C-54 ACFT AT 12, 0 FT REPORTED .Le.t.J...w o4lt3Vll"" ; ObEJ:W.!. I Ct-12 lt.TPA159 YMA142 VYC226 V1'1B~97MKSAa24 PP RJEDEN RJESKB RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEDDK PAGE TWO RJESKS 2 ( OBJECT HIGH ABOVE HIS ACFT AT APRX 1435Z AN F-86 ACFT REPORTED OBJECT AT 40, 0 FT OVER DAUPHINE ISLAND IN THE GULF ON ~EX. OBJECT WAS COMPOSED OF 3 VERY LARGE PLASTIC BALLOONS TIED TOGETHER AND WAS ( . MOVING IN EASTERLY DIRECTION OVER THE GULF TOWARDS FLA COAST. PART III. AT 19002 LOCAL AIR RESCUE UNIT REPORTED OVERHEARING RAD REPT AT 15002 FROM AN F-84 ACFT AT 43 0~0 FT.REPORTED OBJECT ABOVE HIS ACFT AND NOT IDENTIFIABLE EXCEPT AS TO NR WHICH TOTALLED 3. RATE OF RRAVEL WAS EST AT 60 KTS I N EASTERLY DIRECTION. PART IV. LOCAL RADAR UNIT 4 MILES WEST OF KEESLER AFB REPORTED OBJECT AT RANGE OF 9 MILES ( A2 200 DEGREES, ELEVATION 60 DEGREES, ALT UNDETERMINED AT 1430Z. TRACKING WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO IND.ISTINCT ECHO. PART V COMMENTS OF REPORTING OFFICER: BALLONS WERE EXTREMELY LARGE SINCE THEY APPEARED TO BE THE SIZE OF A DIME AT ARMS LENGTH WHEN CLOSEST TO BASE. DISPARITY IN PILOT'S REPORTS UNDETERMINED. NUMEROUS LOCAL SIGHTING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON SAME OBJECTS. ~8/15272 FEB RJESKS