PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Vlos Balloon 27 March 1956 Sagin.:lW. Michigan D Prubably Balloon si bl ~ 8 all 0 0 n 0 Was Aircraft ~<Ground-Visual a Probably A i r craft GMT ?.7/1105Z . OAirVisual OAir lnterceptRadar PohiblyAircroft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical C i v i .t :lan 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Pos,ibly A stronomical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS t e n minute s apparently statbnary iu 0 lnsurliciont Data for Evaluation .0 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One shp~ricalp orange object, with band of grey at top and at botto m of object. B~nd of grey appeared to b e irregular. The object seente d to disintegrate from the bottom up$ ATIC FORM 329 (REV :25 S"EP S:Z) 11. COMMENTS Color and sha p e ( s hperical) to indicate the p ossibility balloo~. The possibility o f large MDH type balloon wa r e out with negative results . WPA139 Y~A034FJAJ 47 FP RJEDN RJZDEW RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJ~DFJ 2G Ft. C Oh DR 7 5 4TH AC~J RON PORT l\U ST I N r-; I r,H TO RJZDN/CO~lDR ADC ENT AFP COLO P.J~DrtJ/COtt,DR 3CTH ADIV .tJRAFS BELLEVILLE MI CH RJE P/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT-PATT~RSON AFE OHIO RJr:PHQ/ DIRECTOR OF INTr~LLIGENC HQ USAF .~ASHl!~GTO 25 DC /IJ\\:CLASSIFISD/ CPS 116- {: 3 PD UFOf Cl" A ATTN : DI:~ OF INTFL PD ( A ) DESCRIPTION OF THE OEJECT CS>= 1. SHAPC:-5PHS:RS 2 . SIZE - EASJ\C:T 8ALL J. COLOR-BURNT ORANGE ~. FCRLATION - N/ A 6 . D I S Ct R N I ELF: F EAT U RES 0 P. DE T A I L S-! R R S G tJ LA R \lil T H F A i'l D AT T 0 P An D [0TTO~: 1/8 I NCH WIDE BAND WAS GRAY 7. T AIL TRAIL OR EXHAUST-NEG !10 ox RJEDF j 2G s . OTlH:R P~RTIIlf.NT OR UNUSUAL FEP.TUHES- EG CL ) DC:~CRIPTIO[l OF COURSE OF OPJF.CT (S): l. t~ii'l NOTICED-COLOR ::.. f...' CLI OF ~..LVJ\TIC1~ fH.D AZI;:UTH-;o25 DEGR.!::~s Cl.A \iS':1 : . P.~.GL~ OF LSVATIC;~ 1\t~D AZl i"UTH OX AF5 CT LJPGtJ DISAPPZAT!\t.,Ct:-Z 2 5 $ . CTHEa Pt!:RTI~lENT OR UrlUSUAL F Z.t\TUHES- l\EG (b) D} SCHIPTION OF COURSE OF OPJECT ( S ) : ~i li y NOT IC D-COLOR At-'.C: L E OF l:LEVATION AZif\:UTH-\'12 5 DEGREES At:G Lf.: OF ELEVATIC;~ A Z I~;UTH UPON DI SAPPEATANCE- 4. DISCHi P TION OF FLIGl-lT PATH AND tlANSUVERS OF ODJ ZCT ( S) - NEG ; . l'':ANNC:R OF DISAPPZ AHANC OF OBJ ECTCS ) -DI SSENTIGRATING FROli EOTT0:-1 < (C) I:Ai'lNi!l OF O!~SIRVATION: !~ GRCU D-VlSUALO 2. TEl~ESCOPE CTOY PLASTIC LIDO) ( D) TPii: AND DAT~-: OF SIGHTING: ':~) LOCATIONS OF OP.SERVZRS: GEOREF POSITION-GP 1 ~113 ( f) I));~NTIFYING INFORt-lATION OF f\LL OB SE:RVEH{ S): i . CIVILIA~-NRS CMA 33 Ct~A PAG[ THR~i Of ~JZDFJ 2G SI\GitlAW ~1ICH <G) ti::ATHE?{ /\ND t.1INDS-ALOFT CONDI TIOt!S P.T TI~'E AND PLACC: OF S I GHTING : NOT f\ V A I LAB L CLF.AR .;. (}{) Ut!U~Ut\L vJt:ATHt:R 1\CTIVITI:~s: NOiIZ (J) LCC1\ T lON OF ANY AIR TRJ\FF1C It~ THE AR[A: -1Jt!KN\.- E ) LOCATIONS OF OP.SERVZRS! GEOR F POSITION-GP 1~,13 { f) IDENTIFYING INFORi\ ATION OF ALL OBSSRVE.R(S): 1. C IV ILl Al~-t,iRS PAG~ THRZ~ OF RJEDFJ 2G HCUS=:HIFE 2. ~iiLITARY-NEG SAGINAH MI CH (G) ~JEATHER AND \vlNDS-ALOFT CCNDI TIONS AT Til"1E At~D PLACE OF SIGHTING: z. NOT AVAILABLE UNLI\1 IT!.:D ( H) UNUSUAL WATHER ACTIVITISS: NONE CI) INTERCl~PTIO~J OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN:-NEG (J) LOCATION OF ANY AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA:-UNJ<NOWN ( K) CO~'!t~ENTS OF PliEPA RING OFFICER:-NEG (L) EXIST.~NCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDEi,lCE :-HAS SKE:TCH OF OBJ ECT