PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon J Jur1"-' 1 956 'ferre I.Jaute, Indiana o Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME CROUP ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION X.IJ Ground Visual 0 Air-Visual 1. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS three minutes 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One circular type object the size of a medicine ball held a t arms length, cGlor of black. Object was sighted with binoculars for a period of three minutes, heading in a general course of NE at an altitude of approximately ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 IBP 52) 0 GroundRadar 0 Alrlntercept Radar 11. COMMENTS 0 W oa Ai rcroh 0 P robobl y AI rcroft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical C , Othr _ 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Note that the obj ..:c t had to bo below the altitude uf 4 ,.000 foo t , the height of the overcast. Blac k pibald balloons arc releasedrin cloudy dayf. It i s the o pinlon of this hq that tltis sightin g was caused by a wentlter balloon released at TerretHaute, Indiana .. Note that the winJs below 5,000 feet were frorn the 5W and that the object was moving NE. ,: 1 RJEDEN RJED RJEPHQ DE RJEDFL 2P Ft1 COf1DR 7820 ACWRON ROCKVILLE AFS I~D TO RJ~DE:'~/COiiDR ADC ENT AL:t FORCE dAS COLO SPRI NGS COLO RJELWLICOMDli 58TH AIR DIV C DEF) ~RIGhT PATTERSON AF c OHIO :1JEDIC0~'iDR AIR TECHNICAL I NTEL CENTZ~ ~JPAFB OHIO RJEPH2/ DIRZCTOR !NT;:: LI GENCE HQ USAF .1 ASH DC /U1~CL.\.S_IFI~D/OPS 3.58 FD ~UciJ CLN LJF(,..~ PD I N ACORDANCE HITH AFR 2 0:c- 2 F. NEGATIVE G. r\EGAT 1 VE H. NGATIV~ I. NEGATIVE ~-iS Dl CINE .3A :.L ;: AG::: T tiO it J::: DF L 2P . ~ . i~EGATIV~ C. SAME AS o . NORTHAST D. HELD GENERAL COURSE OF NE :::. NEGATIVE F THREE MINUTES A. GROUND VISUAL 3 . BINOCULA?.S c. NEGATIVE -~ UNKi~O J N .:J. GUSTY TO TZRRZ i-iA l:T ~, I iJDit. "-.JA f . THU~DEHSTORHS ALL QCADRA~JTS .;. NEGATI V .3 NEGATIVE c. NEGATIVE: A . NE:GATIVE X. NEGATIVE XI. OPERATIONS OFFICER, NEGATIVE A NEGATIVE A. NEGATIVE Ht1ARKS: i1RS STATED THAT SHE HAD TAKEN PICTURES, OF THE UFOB PD THE FILi~ JAS I Nri2DIATELY TAKEN, ay THIS STATIONS OPiRATIONS OFFICER, TO INDIAi~APO LIS, I i:DIANA FOa DEVELOPMENT PD i~O .~ZSULTS OLJ FIL:; PD