PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATI 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS D Wos Balloeft ProboltiJ Bollooft Possibly B.tloott 3 s~l: C~i!!J:Jr 1956 Wnsh i n gtonL D. c. 3. DATITIMI GltOU~ 4. TYP! 0, OIS!ItYATION 7. LENGTH 0, OISIRYATION t ,., e G t y m i n s 0 AI.-VIM~el I. NUMBEit Ofl OIJ!CTS 0 Greuft4 R odor 0 Air-Intercept Rotlor t . COURSI' Was AI rcreft Pro babl ' AIrcraft PaasiWr Alrcreft Wos Astrofteflticel .:.!a r S Probably Asttonodc.t Posaibl, Atao~tticel 0 Insufficient Deto t.r Evoluotion 0 Unkno.., still .i11 s i ght a t rp t wIve r tic a 1 !111! t ion~ 10. BRIE, SUMMAitY 0, SIGHTING ' COMMENTS OnG r')und r e d-ti n t e d obj , about siz e of r3r at arm' s l~ngth. Ob j wa s sig hteJ at 90 rJ;r azimuth & about 15 d g r e leva- t i o n . Object move d wit h v~rticnl moti 1s. Object was observe d visually for Sight in g p t~o b a b 1 y cause d h y liar s seen t l1rough a temperatur~ inver s ion ~ 1 t h ough a z i a: au t h & e levn tion do n~Jt correla t o exactly w/~lars hypothesis, ,t t tima 0 f ini t i a l rpt. ATIC POn ll'J (R~V 26 IY.P 52) sha!h~, s ize, c o lor , genera 1 dire c i. ion o f s i h tin~, d u r cl t i. o 1 o f sightinJ, :n~d .fact c :1ar: :,IJ.r~ stnrl~ss sky tends to support this conc lusion. 0 ~1PEOSO YDA016 rtB043 TDB058HQB070 PP RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ 807 TO RJEDN/COtlAIRDEFCOI! RJED~P/CC(IDF. A.I~C WPAFB OHIO nJEPLG/CO~lTAC LANGLEY AFB VA /UNCLASS/1 ~'4-9.: ~..;~-*f, 48390 UFOB. ATTN: ATIAA-2C. ONE ROUND UNIDENTIFI~D OBJ REPORTED BY ONE OBSERVER, SIZE OF BUTTON AND BY TWO OTHER 03S~RVERS AS SIZE OF SMALL PEA, REDDISH TINT MOVING WITH VERTICAL ~ .. 10Tiot;s ABOUT 450 OVER HORIZON. NO AERODYNEMIS FEATURES, SURROUNDED BY OCCASIONAL AURORA. NO SOUND. INITIAL OBSERVER AT COLLEGE PARK SIMPLY SAW OBJECT IN OTHER.:IISE BLACK SKY REPORTED AS DUE EAST OF COLLEGE PARK MD, AND ALSO REPORTED AS DUE EAST FROM NATIONAL AIRPORT. OBJECT IN SIGHT WHEN REPORTED AND HAD BEEN OBSERVED FOR 20 HINUTES. GROUND VISUAL SIGHTING AT-9i4,~DT-BY MR. TAVEL A 1040 EDT BY . TIONAL AIRLINES.RESERVATION 09SERVERS REPORTED NO STAR IN SKY,-SLIGHT OVERCAST. REEPORT FROM BOLLING AFB, WEATHER SERVICE AT BOLLING. WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY: SURFACE, EAST AT 4 KTs. 61000 180 .DEGREES AT . GE TWO RJ~PHQ 807 5 KTS. 10,000, 230 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS. 16 120 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS, .:o, ooo AT 220 DEGREES, 25 KNOTS 50,000 AT 250 D!:GREES AT 12 KNOTS, ;~,000, 80 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS. CEILI:JG 34 000 FEET VISIBILITY 12 :'I LS, 2/1'J CLOUD COVER, NEGATIV~. T O INVERSIONS AND T'"JO NEAR i ;VE!1S !O~:s OVER tiASHINGTON AREA. LAST AIRCRAFT LAtlDED AT BOLLING 8:43 !~T. REPeaTING OFFICER CHECKED WITH WEATHER OFFICER, ANDREWS ?u: s wHO RiPORTED PLANET MARS CLEARLY VISIBLE IN OTHERWIESE STARLESS SKY.