PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Wos Balloon Sahaurlta. 0 Pro bably B oli-n OATE T IME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION atxPonibly Balloon CI:Bround-Vi s u ol 0 GroundRodor Wos Aircraft P ro bably Aircr aft 0 Air-Vlsuol 0 Airlnt e rcopt Rodor Pouibl y Alrcroh Wos Astronomi col Probably Astronomlcol P o ulbly Ast,.ffomicol LENGTH OP OISIRVATIOM MUM&ER OP OIJECTS nsufficlet't Ooto for Evoluotiort 10. BRII!P SUMMARY OP SIGMTIMO 11. COMMENT$ sighting . ATIC FORM 329 (R&V 21 S&P S2) U.S. AIR FORCE TECH.HIC.AL IHF'ORM.ATIOH SHEET (SUMMARY DATA} In ~rder that your Information may be filed and coC:Ied as acl!:urately a s possible, please use the following. apace to write out o short. description of th even~ that you observed. You may re- peat informatton that you have. a.lready giv,n i.n the questi.onnaire, and add ant further comments, statements, or sketches that you believe .are lmportctnt. Try to present the details of the obierva tlon In the order in which they .occur.rJ. Additional pages of the some size paper may be attached If they ore neede4 (Do Not Write in This Space) HEADQUARTERS 46020 AIR INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SQUADRON lADC) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ENT A IR FORCE BASE, COLORADO 2 January 1957 SUBJECT: Sahaurita Case TO: -Commander Air Technical Intelligence Center ATTN: AFODI 4E4 ~igbt-Pat.terson Air Force Bas e 1. Reference 7our letter, AFOili J.E4, Subject: (U) Request f or Oro Invutigation, dated 16 May 1956. 2. Inclosed ia the correspondence on 3. This headquarters bas given a Possible BaJloon evaluation to this sighting for the following reason: .Utbougll details .of sight.ing indicate s ighting was caused by' a bellooo~ there 1a no evidence t.o indicate balloon was in 4. Rcrrt 7011 adnae tb1a organiut.ioca of a117 turtb.-act.iOD Ltr, ~, !leg for 01\J Inveet.igatioa 2. ATIC l'ora 164 Mag JISlC an CIURLIS V. GOISKI Capta1ca, USP Assisteat. Adjutant Msg a nne 082 D/P, lflllo for Record, Msg, 1910AACS D/F, fi Comrir 46o2d .A IS, Ltr, AlSOP, 9 Jul. 56, v/ 3 AFOII ~alt A1rlllft.eC~ Col .. lpr1Dp ColCII'ado t-~i' T~E COMMANDER WALLACE W. ELWOOD 1st Lt., USAF Assistant Adiu1ant DE R.NPJ~ irfu 71,1/ v ra~ Long Di..staDee Telepbolle Call AU>S Log #hl ~ S/Sgt, D.Pt.ader thi haadquartr, t.lfr7 DB, Colorado. 2. !he ..n .. 8c\ 11eiJ7 to poaitiaD of aey ball..-. whiM ..td ..._ ba tba TuaeOD, .&ri..scla ana at 2S/180aZ S6. .ltt8P e~ all ~ ~ 1GJ7 nated tb-s bad no raamod rd a ill aaa I~ -J6; It' w.1JT ~ the "-"be uald a11 hl8 ~ -.. 'M 'by ..n it he at.aA ftJIII peai\iw ..... a ball.- ill tale ... 0 .DCl~'7 VYDltT. :; Dl RJVF All 51 't: Alii A HIT Cl) ,. ~ ~An.. Cal ... ecataetad tor ~\i.a ....... n... -M&etatw ~ baelr1nse~ Yel"llall.U 1. llwmllt ~ 13 15 .,_56. Itenati rqaaatacl1a '-ilia ~114 .-l vU1 .. to n' l..C e}J RIX' WM for relq to liJ AJSS. 4602d Air Intelligence Service Sq, (ADC), AlSOP, subj: Request for Balloon Trackings HQ, AF CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTER, Air Research and Development Command, L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts 13 December 1956 Commander, 4602d Air lntelligepce Service Squadron (ADC) Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Cqlorado ATTN: AlSOP- Reference is made to paragraph 2 of 1st Ind; and paragraph Za of 2nd Ind. Records available indicate that flight I-2 was east of so W'. Longitude and that flig.ht I-5 ~ad terminated before 25/ 1SOOZ February 1956. Therefore, it appears that neither of these flights account for the report mentioned in the basic letter . FOR 'THE COMMANDER: IUCHARD H. BRAUN .Major, USAF Chief, . .Atinosphe-ri c Devices Laboratory Geophysics Research Directorate FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET Thia questionnaire haa been prepared ao that you can give the U. S. Air Force as much lnfcwmation aa pouible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Please try to answer oa many questions as. you posaibly can. The Information that you give will uud for research purposu, and will b. regarded aa confidential material. Your nome will not be uud in connection with any statements, conclualona, or publlc:ationa without your permiulon. We requeat this p.rtonal Information 10 that, If It Ia deemed neceuary, we may contact you for further d~ttails, d i?f'l(o j When d id you s .. the object? 2. Time of day: Hour Mlnutet 3, Time zone: Month Year (Circle One): a. Eastern b, Central cf Mou~toiy d. Pacific (Circle One): (Circle One): a. Dayli;ht Saving Q. StandG_!!) t/R.l204LA Stote Of Counr, S. Estimate how long y041 saw the object, / 7Lv'..:::~---- Houn Minute 5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate haw certain you are of your answer to Question S. a. Certain ~Fairly cert~ 6. Whot woa the conditicn of the sky? (Circle One): , Bright daylight c. Not very sure d. Just a gueu d. Just a trace of daylight No trace of daylight f. Don't remember 7. IF you saw tha object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where wo5 the SUN located os you looked at th e object? (Citcle Onej: o. In front of you b. In bock of you c. To your right ATtC FO.RM NO. 164 t 13 OCT 54) d. To your left 6 Ove;i\eoO") f. Don't remember WO Holm/al/4101 1/ ~tereac TJFCB Sigbttvg ov.r ~soa, .Arizcma, 25 Feb 56, nd DF, AlSOP M.feott WSUA 2. Dr. Al'f'h H. H f4 the Vernlli~ NAAS contact..ci ~J. R.H. Braua of tbe Air Paroa Hlaeearcb , 415 Sttomr Street, Baeten, !-Jus office t tt. \rut 1wfanaU ot Un t.l loou laua?ad oa tbe 22 and 2.3 ot hb ~ lbc balloca lauMidwc are I8 wl 19. TM trac~.will be t.--rded apaa noeiP' of a reqwd a'\ the abate addreaa A'I1R: Maj. a.B. BralDI. S. StEF:-ZL, Captit~, tBAl' HEADQUARTERS 4602d AIR INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SQUADRON (ADCl ENT AIR FORCE BASE COlORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO SUBJ'EC.l': Request for Ball 0011 'l'racldngs !0: Commander lJ8AF ieseareh Center .lTI'N: CRBD lal5 Stuaaer Street Br,iston, Mauachusette 1:4. Jleereuoe contact between Dr. llvin H. Howell of VernalH s .U.S and !fa3.ar 'R~ lrau~-your organi ~1al.on, ld th respe~ to ~ack infon-.ticm balloou 118 rd 1119, lanrched from Vernalli s HAAS on 22 am 23 Fel:ruar7 1956, .ree:pectiTely. 2. Ckla-o~ the atar .. ntioned balloons was p(>ssibly ihe cause o a U"ldaati.tied f'l3iDI object (UPOB) sighting on 25 February 1956 I~ 1 rep~ad that tbi s beadqua.rters be furnished with t he tracki ngs ot ~eruellis balloon~ #J.8 ard 119 to deny ar substantiate the above 4602d Air Intelligence Service Sq, (ADC), AlSOP, subj: .. Request for Balloon Trackings 1st Ind AF CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTER, Air. Research and Development Command, L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts ao July 19.56 Commander. 4602d Air Intelligence Service .Squadron (ADC) Ent Air Force Base,. Colorado Spring; Colorado ATTN : AlSOP 1. This Center has no record of balloon flights # 18 or # 19 having been launched from Vernalis NASon 22 or 23 February 1956. However, during the two day period 23-24 February 1956 flights I-1 thr.ough I-5 were launched from this site. Of these five flights, r- t, I -3, and I-4 terminated prema:turely, the.maximum flight time of the three being . th-at of I - 4 , which was approxi.nlately 2 hours 44 minutes. Flights I-2, launched 23 February: .. 1956, an_d I -5, launched 24 Fe.bz:uary 1956, remained alOft for several days prior to terminating and remained within .the ZI for the ueater p~rt of their time in the air z . : w e ~quest tbat you inform us of' the approximate location of the subjec~ ;ti)ilentified flying object (UFOB) sighting in order that we rnii$~Jn~pect our available trajectory information on flights I-2. and FOR THE. COMMANDER: RICHARD H. BRAUN Major, USAF Chief, Atmospheric D evices Laboratory Geophysics Research Directorate AlSOP, Bq 4602d ATSS, 9 Jul $6 Subjt Reque~t for Balloon Traekinge B:1 4602d Air Intelligence Sexviee Squadron Colorado Springs Colorado Ent Air Foree Base, !0., Comll8nder, J.F Cambridge Research Genter (ARDC), ATTNt CRZD P L.a. Ranee Field, Bedford, Maaeaehuaette 1 . Dne to .-tin1strati.Te OYereight, reply to 1st indorsement del qed . 2. the 1nfor-.tion requested by the let indorsement aa .follovet a. !abject unidentified fiying object ( UFOB) sighting took place tna 2S/180C'IZ Feb S6 to 2$/1900Z Feb $6 at Sabaurita, Arizona ( E.Mir 02S8-3ses8'1 UOOS21W). Jilt !riB COIWIJIIlt IF you 1e1w tha ovjoct, ot NIGHT TWILIGHT, or DAWN what did you notico cont~rning the STARS and MOON? STARS ( C ire/e . Ono): MOON (Circlo One): o Brlijht moonlight D\111 moonlight No moonlliJht -pitch dork d. Don't remomber d. Don't re member Wra the ob!ect brighter t han th~ background of the sky? (Cirde One); . ' a. Yes c. Don't remember It wos BRIGHTER THAN the slcy backgroundf was the brightness like that of an automobile hea~llght?: (Circle One) a A mile or more away (a distant car)? Several bfoclcs away? A block away? Several yards away? OW ihe object' ( C ircle One For each question) /VEA R.L'--/ A.-ar to itana atiH at any time? Yes Don't Know h. Sudclenly"speed up and rush awayot any time? Yes Don't Know c. Brealc'up into pacts or explode? Yes Don't Know Give off smolca? Don't Know Chang~ l!rightness? Don't Know f. Cl-iGngo shape?. Don't Know ( Don't li(n!_!) Flldt"f throb~ or pulsate? Old the object move behind sometfffng at anytime, particularly a cloud? ( C lrcle One): Don't Know. ~ IF you answerd YES, then tell what d CEC' t1/Z t:. A cf&JI.!.I T.r&!.l{;.e lttd r.. CS!..E. Old the obiect move In front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud? Cc...oups_ (Citcle One): Yes Don't Knaw. IF you answered YES, than tell what it mowd in front of: Did the object appear: (Circle One): b. T ronsporent? Don't Know. Did you observe the object through any of the fotlowlng? Binoculars Eyeglasses Telescope Yes No WindshiC"Id g. Theodolite Yes No Window glass Yes No h. . 16. Tall In a few words the following thlnga .about the object