PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Scattered points in S.Cal ::m wo 29 June 1956 fm Los AnWl.es to San Diego o Probably Balloon Loc:al n.c d Vi I .a..r. d R d 0 Woa Aircraft X'Kroun sua KKroun or 0 Probobl., Aircraft GMT30/0110Z-9330 !JI.ir-VIsuol XlXAirlntorcept Rodor Pouibly Aircraft S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE C Woa Astronomical 0 Y 0 Probably Aatronomlcol AF N C 1 C Poulbly AatrorYOmlcol 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE C, Othr--~- --- 0 lnaufUciont Doto for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown a oorox 2 hours one stationary 10. BRIEF SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One round (sometimes irregular) obJ Concur with the opinion oi the t h e s~ze o f a pinhead held at nrms rpting officers that this sight- letlgt h , appeared silvery, white 3nd ing was causad by ;t balloon. All ! ' O::;y . r\1.. times the ol jec t appea:~d to facets o f these s i ghtings could o scilLate and as t h e sun se~ L~-:? obJ not better f i t a balloon hypo t h e - ~ct 0ppenred 1:0 become a rosa C()loL. sis . }lot onl y wa s !)alloon release~ "i'ht:.' o )ject r emained in the .same in tha t area !Jut a NOTAM had been etal position tl1roug hou~ the ant i r ? ,'s~nt by the Onta1io, Cali f nprt '2 ~10ili.' -il..;h1:inb ?3D ' s t ri-=d ter -:l.bout n balloot. ir: the a rea at th~ ~; e l: t: i o n vi t h st.! c .:: e s c u e t o e :cc :-~ n e t i rue .. Check w I AD C 1 X r e v e a 1 ~Hl t h a tt 3]~ itui~ of objPct . Lhere wa s also a balloon(origin u nknown)plottcd E of the a e e 3 fe\ h .... c;; P-nr'lier This balloon driftirg ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) r ova r d area of sighting. H J:: DE: I, RJ.S D P RJ 2 PHJ. COi~DP. ~7T:r AIR DIV D2F >10hT0~' AFS CALIF CE~iTZP t~T !G!1T PATT~l\SOl"' C3) OBJC:CT APPEAR2D TO 92 AT ABOUT 3~ DEG EI.EV .OTIC~. AND I N ALl. I~!ST At: CZS Ir A GEt~ER AL EAST~::R LY DIRECT ION FR0:1 OBSf.P.V2F:S CC) SAME GENERAL LOCATION CD) NO APPARENT RAPID CHANGES. C.S) SETTING OF SUN STOPPED REFLECTION OF LIGHT 3 <A> GROUND VISUAL, AIF. VISUAL AND GROUND ELECTP.ONICS CB> SEVEBAl. GROUND OBSEEV!RS USED BINOCULARS. FRONT PAGE BJ\AVO AND CHARLIE, 2~,0 TO 40,200 FT. VARIOUS SAt: DIZGO CALIFORNIA. ; C I APA CALl FOP t~l A. PH0!<2 . IP.LTO_, CALl/S~I,li P. PHONE CALlFOEill A. PHOtJE NOPT 0~1 AFB PAGE FOUR RJWPJB !69 9 T\vO F3D AIC, FRONTPAGE 3RAVO, ON CAP r1ADE ORIGINAL VISUAL SIG!iTING, ATTEMPTED I~rrERCEPT AND COULD NOT REACH ALTITUDE OF OBJECT. TWO F3D ,O./C FRONTPAGE CHARLIE SCRAMBLED SUBSEQUENTLY BECAUSE OF VISUAL SIGHTINGS AND SCOPE READING (59,002FT ALT WITH NO SPED) FRON P-76 rrr. LAGUNA CALIF. THIS FLIGHT COULD NOT REACH ALTITUDE: OF OBJECT. 1~ ON P.DC Ur.JY.NOWN TF.AC~' I N GENERAL AREA FADED JUST PRIOr: TO F I RST F.:::POP.TS . NOTAM FROM OtnAP.IO, CALIFOPNIA All\?ORT RECEIVED AT ~yr~r- --oov PLAC~ 11 II:T!:F.Cf.PTICr~ UND rr.=-: 7!FYI~:G :-'-.CTIONS CORDit AT2D 9Y CAPT 111 B TAPPUK, ADCC CONTFOLI.S~, ~ 7TH AI~ :_r VISION. PZPARI~G OFFICZR-l~AJ. 51, AHLSTF.Oil , DIF[CTO::. OF Dl .j!SIOl' It'~TELLIG::t-~c~. ~JP.J ".HLS'IT0~1 .:.~1D CAPT TAPPAN s.::LIEV.::: SIGHTI!'G T O 3E A BALI.OO~;, OPIGI~: Ut<J~NOhH~.