PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS \~HS:I~t#f"fi~ 0 Was Balloon - --alXPosal bly a aan 3. DATETIME GROUP .4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Was Aircraft Local-----------}Q(Gro1mdVisuol 0 GroundRodor Probably Aircraft GMT ll/0235Z 0 Air Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 5. P S 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Aatranomlcol 0 Paul bl y Astronoml cal 0 lnsuffl cl ent Data for Evaluoti on 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER Of OBJECTS 9. COURSE SUMMARY OF SIGHTtNO One object oval but flat, larger than a basketball, color white turning orange. Observer glanced up and saw obj for about 15 minutes. Object disappeared when observer made call to report sighting. At least four a/c in area over Bolling ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 0 Unlcnown Sighting described characteris- tic of WX balloon. S. First seen 2920B 964 OY Last seen 3000B 9425W b. I), l(Lt. 248971., 452nd J'i~hter..Day Squadron, J'ighter Pilot. Considered to be reliable source (b), Probably true repor~ (2). B. Ione observed. 9. Io action taken due to performance limits of l'-1000 aircraft. 10. Ione reported . 11. Joseph H. Mendenhall, Intelligence Officer, 452nd Jighter~ay 13. W~ng Intelligence O!ficer a Commentl Lt is regarded as a better than average fighter pilot, his flying tlma total 1300 hours with 76 hours of Korea combat time. Object as sighted ma7 be erimental USAr reconnaissance aircraft. Check with SLAPSTICK I GCI Radar station located on this base yielded negative result. CT.JBEWCE B. m:tiii 1st Lt. USU Intelligence Officer MM RJEDEN RJEDWP DE RJEPHQ 84 UNCLASSJFIE~ tl~ , .. ~ T pn~r~1~s ... Q..~DlE GROuP \..; FM HEDUSAF WASHDC TO RJEDEN/COMMANDER UIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPGS COLO ZENXCOMMANDER 2~TH AIR DIVISION ROSLYN STATION NEW YORK ( RJEDWP/COMMANDER AIR TECH INTELL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO UFOB (1) CA> OVAL BUT FLAT, CB> LARGER THAN A (C) WHITE TURNING ORANGE, CD> ORANGE, (E) NA, CF> UNK (G) NONE, (H) NONE, CI> NONE ( (2) <A> GLANCED UP AND SAW, CB> UNK, CC> UNK, CD> SOUTHEAST UND HOVERING, CE> DI~APPEARED WHEN WENT INSIDE TO CALL, (F) ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES (3) CA> GORUND VISUAL, (8) NONE, KC) N/A C5> TOWN OF ANACOSTIA ON NICHOLS STREET, 3300 BLOCK, PAGE TWO RJEPHQ 84 (6) <A> CIVILIAN, ~ISS AVE, SECRETARY. (7) (A) CAVU, CB> NO FORECASTER ON DUTY, (C) NONE, CD) UNLIMITED CE> (F) NONE (~) AND (9) NONE. (1~> ALT LEAST FOUR AIRCRAFT OVER PATtERN OVER BOLLING AFB. (11) AIRDROME OFFICER BOLLINV AFBI BELIEVES NAVIGATION LIGHTS OF .. LANDING AIRCRAFT (12> NONE. REPORTED BY CAPTAIN JACK J. SHEA, AIRDROME OFF, BOLLING 11/05232 DEC RJEPHQ IJNCL!\SSIFIED