PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. COHCLUSIOHS 0 Wa s Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 3. OAT E TIME CJ;R~OtllJPL -----l--4.QllJY~POE~OwF!JO~BrS_EjRlJV~AT~I M..l.lllW~JL..,.......,---I Po ui bl Y Balloon 0 Was Aircraft x;roundVIaual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft GMT 09/0130Z 0 Air-Visu al 0 Alrlnterc:opt Radar Poulbly Al rc:roft J~ 1. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 10, BRIEF Y OF SICH 11. MM S 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Pouibly AatrorTomlcol 0 lntufflclent Data for Evaluation One round white to green object, Description, duration, and flig size of baseball at arm's length. path indicate sighthg was Object came toward the earth at caused by a meteor. Slight approximately 20 dgr then leveled rising considered to be optical off & started a slight climb. Obj illusion. was seen visually for 20 to 30 second ATJC F ORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) QtlBi 4~1PC~59 YI1B~18 YYD05~ MM RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJEDNG 4G FM COMDR 787T~l ACWRON CHANDLER AF STATION MINN TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFD COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO RJEDtTP/COMDR AIR TECHNICJ\L INTELLIGENCE CENTER t~RIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 D C ZEN/COMDR 31ST ADIV SNELLING AFS ST PAUL 11 f1INN MUrJCLAS FROM ADJ MIL 773/56 I N ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, 12 AUG 54, THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUB1ITIED PARAGRAPH 1A ROUND lB BASEBALL lC FIRST APPERANCE WHITE BUT TURNED GREEN AS IT DECEtlDED lD ONE (1) PAGE TWO RJEDNG'4G 2A THE BRILLIANT LIGHT 2B APPROX -45 DEG 2D CA~JE TOWARD EARTH AT APPROX -20 DEG THEN LEVELED A~ID STARTED A SILIGHT CLIMB BEFORE DISAPPEARING 2E SPLIT SECO~JD 3 GROliND VISUAL 3B NO OPTICAL AIDS USED 4C MQ0~43 GEOREF 7E SCATTERED , RADAR MAINT PAGE THREE RJEDNG 4G 11 MAJOR, COMMANDER, SUBJECT AIRMEN STATE OBJECT APPEARED AS A FALLING STAR BUT WERE AMAZED AT THE CHANGE OF ALTITUDE AND SPEED OF OBJECT. 1 COULD NOT HONESTLY GIVE AN OPINION AS TO VHAT !HE OBJ~T MAY H~E 7B WEATHER FOR MSP CLR 15 Ml SURFACE SS\~ AT -300 AT SwK J EPNPPP A EPP AT 9~K 80,000 NOT AVAILABLE lS/22412 DEC RJEDNG