PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Fairbanks, Alaska o Probably Balloon XJI Ground Visual 0 Ground Radar 0 Was Aircraft 0 P robobl y Ai rcroft 0 Air-Vi suol 0 A ir Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical Xtt No C i vi 1 ian 0 Po ui bl y Astronomical 7. LENGTH 0,. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSI! 0, Other------~---- 0 Insufficient Datil for Evaluation 3 0 minut;s ong stat i onary 10. BRI!I' SUMMARY OF SIGHTIHO 11. COMMENTS One ob,ject oval size of basketball wh~n iirst see~ t o size of silver dollar ~hen la~t ~een. No discernable !ea r~s s 1lver -u~Ject seamed t o flic~<e,.. or pul;at~. ~VX balloon~ 3tar Pr ;Jn T.J?A~9s XYP145 xnc101 ar.necs QDB,..55 Kocttt '<:DA'?3f.'LAA~6" PP RJXDAG ?.JvJFHY RJED~.JP RJEPHQ FM COMDR DET 2 TP?RTH AISS LADD AFB ALASKA~ TO RJKDAG/COf1DR 5004TH AISS ELMENDORF AFB ALAS!<A RJtFHY /COMDR AIR DEF CMD ENT AFT COLO SPRINGS COLO RJEDWP/AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO~ RJEPHQ;/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WAS DC RJKDAGIDIR OF INTEL AAC ELEMDNORF AFB ALASKA RRKDAG/COMDR IN CHIEF AAC ELMENDORF ATTN:J-2 EDF !.lT-SS 5796 ?D UFOB ?D 'REF AFR 2~ ?-2 THE FOLLOTJING INFO IS SU9MITTE: O~J wAS OVAL FD SIZE THEN FIF.ST SEEN C0~ .1\~ED TO EASKET~ALL Ct1A SIZE tJHEN LAST S!EN CO~?ARED TO SILVE~ DOL en COLOR WAS SIL PD O~LY 1 O~J PD NO J!SCE?NIBLE FEATURES OR DETAILS D ~10 TAIL C~A T~AIL OR EXHAUST ~D ~0 SOU~JD CMA TH! OBJ APPEA~ED TO FL!C~ER OR PULSATE PD O~SPS STATED THAT S~IGET~JESS OF 03J DREv.r T:i:::IR ATT~I D .o.r-,!~LE OF ELV,O.TI0~1 1 AS AeP'?.OX 25 DEGS CMA AZIVUTH 224 DEGS TRUE C~A THE QqJ DID ~OT ~OVE AT A TIME PF THE OBJ WAS COVERED BY A CLOUD A~!D DISAPPEA"RED ,D LENGTH OS SIGHTING H.AS 30 MI N PD MAf~NER OF O~SERVATION WAS GROUND-VISUAL D SIGHTING WAS MADF C 6;,110Z JUL 56 DURING D.~Y LIGHT D O'RSRS T.JE~E LOCATED AT CLCE 2250 PAGE rwo RJl~DLA 5~ 7 0 9STS UERF. AS FOL CLN FAI P.BANKS SUPPLY SQUADRON CLERK Cf1A RELIABILITY ESTIMATE 9-1 RELIABILITY ESTI~ATE B-t TUCPEQICVUITPPQUTIUIJPPPQICMA ESTIMATE E-1 SMCLN A/2C CLERK CMA RELIABILITY ESTIMP.T! 9-1 PD OBSTS STATE tJEA vTAS NOT Ct1A SKY FAIRLY CLEAR Ci1A FIS GOOD PD RE~T FP.OM BASE t~EA GIVES FOLLOWING I NFO FO~ ~liND DI~ESTION AND VEL AT TIME OF OBWERVAT!ON CLN SUR 4 I'.(NOTS 225 DEG cr~oA 60(70 I K~IOTS 260 CMA 1 t1QJ QE ~:"JOTS 2~"' C ft. 16~em 14 T<NOTS 2 CMA 1S .t~JOTS 3~ DEG PD CEILING 5('1C'fl YEET CMA VIS 31'1 ~!LES cr,.A CLOUD COUER .3 T~t!NDE~ STOP~S IN PREA T:-!E STA~ ? POCYO~J vTAS IN 7 HE SP.~:: ~'::S ! T AS THE OBJ PD IT IS AR ING 0~ ( ~ELIEF TH/~T O~J COULD P..i\VE ~EE:! TtfE \vEA ~LN OR THE STAR PROCYON -co NO Pr:'!S EVID~NC~ ? D 07/~3V0~ J UL ~JVDLA