PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION$ 0 Wo, Balloon 18 May ;1.956 IBrooksvi lle Florida o Probably Balloon sa i bl Y ~all oon ..-.r.. d V' I 0 Ground A ad or 0 Was Alrcroft Local ~ ... roun sua 0 Probably Aircraft GMT 18/2350Z 0 Air-Visual 0 Airlntercept Radar Possibly Aircraft ~XProbobl y Astronomical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERYATION 8. HUMBER OP OBJECTS 0 Possibly Astrortomlcal ascending g ~:k,!!i~ent Data for Ewaluatlon 2 hrs_,_ 12 mins one strai_ght cour c;r..v...e _ )ne object round size of marble, no Star Spica at about 45 dgr ale- sound. Color silver. No radar report. vation rising to position over- Wx station at McDill. No balloons werE head in 2l hou~s. Although no released. Initial observation at 45 d~r/ azimuth included, duration, po report of azimuth. Faded abruptly and characteristics of object at 90 dgr overhead. are those of an astro body. ATIC FORM 329 (R&V 26 SEP 52) Spica was in position to fill tl1e requirements of elevation and case evalftated as this star 1; ~J:SSD2 P.J~J?FN RJ~DHF RJE?HQ RJ::Pn 8 DERJ :::sKB lD F!i CO;JDR 66CTH AC\iRON r1ACDI LL AF E F LA TO RJHPFNICOl1DR ADC ENT AFP COLO SPRrJGS COLO !:J!:DH?ICOI1DR AlP. TECH II!T CrlTR HRIGHT PATTERSOil AFE OHIO J J E? HQ/ DIR OF INT HQ USAF WASH 25 D C JZS:<!:/COf1DR 35 ADIV /D/DOB3 Ill S fl.F2 GA LIFO: RJE~N~/COl1DR EADF STEWAHT AFP i! Y 0 2 6 2 ATTtJ: EADF CIC UFOS . IU N C L A S S I F I E D/OPS {fii SIZE OF A tiARBLE HELD AT ARi~S LZiiGTI' .no SOUND E. CON? ARA3 LE TO A i!ARB LE AT AP.r1S LStJGTH C. S ILVER F . TAIL I . lJIA THREE 1D RJES~:E D. UrlLiilETED E . I~O!IE F . IJOrlE 9 . IJOt!E 1C. NOtlE REPORTED BY OBSERVER 11, OBJ~CT WAS t~OT PAINTED ON RADAR :::iiAR:~s: A CHLCK UAS i-1Ai)2 HITH NACDI LL HX STA no :J:~ 19/ C424Z I1AY RJESl~B ) "Gl7 rr.ro DJr.s't::l 1n 2 C LI1:.&ING ~. FORTY FIVE DEGREES C, NINETY DEGREES DIRECTLY OVERHEAD D. ASCENDI~JG ON A STRAIGHT COURSE . FAD~D ABRUPTLY F. TWO HRS TtvELVE NINUTES 3 . BINOCULARS A. GROU~ID VISUAL B. BINOCULARS BROOKSVILLE FLA HOUSEWIFE 7 . C L: .'\2 A:JD UNLINITED A. t.;;:LiiJIT~D