PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon Smyrna. Georgi :.1 0 Probat!ly Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP .r.a.r. d y I 0 Ground Radar 0 Wa Aircraft .....,.,. Probably Aircraft Poasi bly Aircraft 6. SOURCE D Wo Astronomical C Yes 0 Probably Astronomical Civilian & Military c Pouibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OJI OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSI! 0, Othar--~- -- 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation approx 60 seconds one N to S 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIOHTiloiO 11. COMMENTS One object slightly larger than star, color ~Jright white light -fast mo ving bri~ht light . B-47 in area mak- ing r~dar bomb plot . ATle FOR~ Jl9 (R!W 26 S&P 52) G.E1!:.~U. lNTELLlGENCE REPORl' DOM(AG.:;IA,~) ~OR:r NO. 2C-'070:B 2-.56 PARi' FOUR r .CQNMiH!S ot Pteparing Officer: ... 1. In the op1a1oo of the PrepariDC O!ficer,' thie sighting )faa p!"obe.b~ caus9d b7 a low !lTiD aircraft for the following raaaona: a. Th8 Inveatigator on. two occaaioas on tbe night of 6 ~ug 56, ho _in Sa.trna. 'Georgia~ witneaaecl. abdlar e1gh\1Dge caua&d b;r low :flyiDg .. which traveled tbta coarse in approxlratel7 tvo miD'Ilies. . . := . b ... !he place o~ ai&Jl'U. bJ tlua Sou-a waa in .a locatio~ whar it was t.>~aible. to. .tbe true horison becauae ot houea az:ad tree. Tb.eufore the 1.5 :clear &beft . ,. nortla bsri.son &a~ reported b7 the Souree was actnalq cloaer to .45 dfgreea aNte tbe borison. !~ ..... would be true ot the object dissappearbg : c. '1'ha. t"' tbat tbe Soaree did. not her a.n7 noiae fro& th& object. to 'id.eatity it &I ~11 va.a pro~bl7 becauae of \he Source's naarnesa to the Lockheed Aizoer~. Corpordioa wbanconti.zmou 'teat~ o! aircraf~ e-aginea is baing aoco-_pliabed. . The 60 second dura~ lea of the aigbti:~g a.a reported by the been longer ae Source onl7 estimated th~ ti~. COMMENTS of Approving Officer: THADDEUS W. i."AI.LIHI C&:ptain, uSAF Officer in Charge Concur with opinion by an aircraft. of Preparing Officer that sighting w~s probably caused JOHN ltT. MEAOOR Colonel, USAF UFOI IMDI!X CARD AISS-UFOB-221-56 1. DAT! 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ;ti. 4)uc 56 Smyrna Georgi a o Wos Balloon 0 Probably BoJioon Ground-VIsual 0 Ground Radar 0 Was Ai rc:rah 0 Probably Aircralt 0 Airo Vl.uel 0 Air-Intercept Rodor 0 Possibly Aircraft Ol/Ohl.5Z Au g 56 0 Y e 0 Probably Astronomical '\t.. N Civilian a nd 11ilitary o Possibly Atronomlcol 1. LENGTH 011 OISERVATION I. NUMBEIIt 011 O&JECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other:--------- 0 Insufficient Ooto for Evaluation .:..pprox. s ixty ( 60) seconds One (:!.) Jorth t o south o UnScnown 10. BRIEII SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING ~ne (1) bri~-:, 1-rhite light~ s l ightl y 2.~::-ger than a star. ?ast moving, .f ollet-1ed s traig-1:"':. course north t o sout h . ~:ent out of 5i=-::t ,; -;ar :~o:-izon in ap!:)roxirnately sixty (60) seco:--.f.s AlSOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) 11. COMMENTS In\"'estif;ation of this sighting l-Tas assig1ed to EJ..t . ?.-C, h602D AI SS on Aug 1956. il'E Form 112 1.7ill .follow. (S~CURITY IN FOR!tl A TJO ,V whM 111/.d in) C:Olt\Tfl)' CF ORIG IN AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT AitC::A R! I'Ott i CONCERHS Sl4IB1Q ~ GNOWl U ( GDD 2953) D.\1 ._ Or REPUftT C::tJCY OF O RIG I/C SOURCE OF ltof'OIUI4~TICN I DATE CF U4FOR '.CATION and o\.ben 1'PPARI~8 OFI"ICB I t.'VAWATIOH (L.,ture blanlc) SUWMM\'f (Ji:llt l'l" c:o e'--m111arg u( rr-porl, C r<e .fVFJiflaanC4 m ./11'1111 Ol~tftfl pur.,a;/4. l . W fnd.OI'W.re eo~"'"' u jt. l:Yvfla tat qj. t~ .. ,4JIIrJp,. 11 ... ) P.AB! OJI: . De of e1gb,ill 'tv GMBGU {GJJD 29SJ) a .. Ol/04lSZ sc s6 EAB~ !lOt De.crlp,i01l of e1gb'i.Dg bT G;a&GU (GJJ'D 2953) at 01/~l!JZ Ani! S6. . PJ.R! l'Otlll: of Prs~ring otttcer. SUJOfi.RY: Report of UJOlJ s1gh\1ng b7 \ SMfRNA, G~U. M/ SG! VIIJ.l$ B. HI :lOB A:/ 69)?008 USA7 Ca:p~ O!fieer in Charge -- --~Na.s. (See 1nd 1 Yidnal .Part a ) JOHN W. MEADOR Colonel, USAF CoTTll'tClnder OI.,."TUHJIJTIOH BY' 01\ICIIIA 11.n W.lRtiHJC: 7"n , .'r c,:,..., ... ,lt '-'"'HilS r"nturnutiou ,.,Hrrt''l~ tllfJ lf.ttr'on:tl , .... ,.,. C'tf ,;,., Ut Jt~r!S: ~ w t."a nt h .,.,c.vtninj o l th r--r '" il":' lt', fi'J u AIC /~5.5thed AF fORM-112z-_,.plJtT.II, ?PRO'ItD 1 J\JH \9U ;. .. ~- AJR~INTEWGENCE ~ 'ltATION AFI:fCT ..1\A=.~C0 I c; )~NSM1SSICN OR TI;E 1-.E\f::.UT ICN c: I I CCNTr-.N-s l'i ~NY M I ,-JA'f' .,C.'i :E r<c..,~-<COl.ClD 1N WHCLE O R IN P~RT. IJY OTHER ....,_. .I Ulf1T":D IGi'NCE. I..SAr APPA0Vm t JUNe: I'NI (Q..\!IS&IlCAJ