PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Was Balloon fl s~ I t .:m ber 1956 0 l vm i a Wash in rr ton D j Probat.ly Bollooft C AI.-VlttU.e D GrountiRoder Air-lnterco,t Roder a Was Aircraft D Probaltly Aircroft D Po a si W y Aircraft D Wos Aatreno"'lcel D Y D Proltably AatreNMic.l xa Ne C i vi 1 ian D Possibly AsttonoMc.a 7. L!NOTH OJI OIIIIATION I. NUMIIIt OJI OIJICTS t. COUitSI D Othor~-~- -- minute s two 10. llttiP ltY OP IIOHTINO white Two roJnd bluish/objects, size of a arm's letlgth. Cqurse of objec wa:; Iron 25 d g r elevation South to 25 d g r alevation Northeast. Objects arc~d ~ 30dgr elovatio~ during fl1ght Objects ware observed visually & thru binoculars for 40 minutes and disan- peared b y fading out of si5ht. Anotl o r pheno:-r1e !1~ .va.s reported whxn supposed 1 cxplo3i0n withou t any noise and shoct of l1~ht following the explosion. sout h to g ~,r,:::.:.,. Dote r.r Eveluetlon n ortheast 11. COMMINTI Cause o f sighting was possibly a s balloon. Size, s!Lape, color, win direction , course, and duration subst3ntiate this hypothesis. The conflictin~ fact tha t ther e wer e two obj s can be accoun t\)d . for by the possibility of 2 bal- loons or that th.tu binocul::.rs a sinf;le balloon li~ht could be ml - t aken for two balloon lights Conclude d t h a t ''~Jxplo-;~on and s~1 at of light" not rol:Jted to initial si~l1t1ng. Probably shooting star ._?: /D I 2ECTOR 3A VISUAL 3C RR RJEDEN.BJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJWPJB 3E :='11 COMDI CCt ACVION PORKUE CAJ.IJ To RJEIEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFI COLORADO SPRIN;s COLORADO ilJWPJB/COMDI 17 ADIV DEF NOITON ArB CALIF :lJEDIP/COMDI All TECHNICAL INTD.LIC:EHCE CENTER VRIC:KT PATTERSON r:n:o RJEPKQJIIIECTOR or INIEtLIGENCE HQTRS USAF VASHIN(:TON 2' D.C. tjNCLAS 'CtOPS I13Y PD UFGI. 1. AeROUNDe BePEA. c.~RAY. leONE E.N/A r.NONEe GeiONE. H.NONE. I.NONE. 2. A.LOOKIN' rol AIRCRAFT. 8.41. DEC:. c. DEC:. D.rJ.lC:HT EAET TO lEST. EeSTRAI;HT LINE INTO C~OUDS. F.31 SIC. ~. Ae GIOUNI VISUAL. I.IINOCVLARS. C.N/A. ' A . I<M11%; I~Ni,iiT. 5 A~iE 'lit CMM .11l.1tV CMM 3 . ;s. i.BE ACRAMEMTO ST PASADENA STUDENT CMM 3' Ill-s. LOIVE ST .:>s ANGELES GOC OlE. leN/Ne 7. AeCLEARe leEAST 5 XTS. c. CLEAJt. D.UNLIMITEJ. E.NONE. r.NO. 1. NONE t. NONE. 11QP. NONE. 11. RALPK JARVIS 2ND LT DIRECTOR ALPHA CREW A031397'' NO COMML~. 12. NONE PD i/1&111 SEP IJVPJB YOLLOUiiiG UF03