PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1'2. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATION 0 Was B a lloon tl .Jan'!Ul"Y }q:)7 Wr.dcnn, ?.Iinnesota o:~<?robably Balloon Ia Possibly Balloon 7 X , Binos Loco1 0 7 1() . -() 00 0 Ground-Visual 0 CroundRador Wos Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft Po ul bl ~ AI rc:rah !j. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 1. LENGTH OF OBSEAYATION 10. BRieF SUMMAR'f OfJ ~IGHTINO Civilian -rest 8. NUMBER 0~ OBJECTS ~.tu 1 tl-colored, " X" draped obj oct observ e d a~pRrontly ove r l1end (?) for almost 20 minutoc;. Appeared to h ave yawin g motio, (would hnvc if ohserved throu~h binoculars at ni~ht) .. Sollrce clnims h u r.unin g sound .. Ohj disappeared to East .. ATlC FOR Jot 329 (R.eV J S JZP 52) h01110 CCll'Ct:.lkeiL~ .... 9. couRse o 11. COMMENTS Was Aetronoml cal Probably Astronomical Po ssl bly Astronomical Insufficient Data for Evaluation Si~h~ing has characteri~tics of h alloon observation t~PHl94W \vPD175 Yt1B071NGA0 43 RJF.DEi! RJED1vP RJEPHQ DE RJEDNG 18 lfi C0~1DR 31ST ADIV ST PAUL MINN TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO !1JZDHP/C0~1DR AIR TECH I NTEL CEN HPAFB OHIO RJEPHQ/COi1DR DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF Hi\ SHDC U~OB lAW AFR 200-2 1. A. SHAPED LIKE LETTER X OR CHILDS JACK <:<:~::: - D. SILVER DOLLAR ..:_::---- C. MVLTI COLORED F. LIK LETTER ~ OR CHILDS JACK H. ~ HUMMING SOUN~ WAS HEARD BY A MR LANES REST H0~1E, WADENA, MINNESOTA F . /\ PPTtOZ It!ATELY 20 (1INUTES .... ~ 3 .0.. GROUND VISU/1L AriD FIELD GLASS 5 B. BllOCULAflS 71 I 50 .: .l\D::'1A , i'il~'-IJESOT/\, 739Tli ACt-J SQU/\ DROll F. APPROXIMATELY 2 0 MINUTES< 3 . A. GROUND VISUAL AI~D F IELD CLASSS S \ B. BINOCULARS 71 I 5~ B . i!IGHT A. UADENA, tJINNESOTA, 739TH CARETAKER. DI RECTOR, ACH SG1UADRO!J 7 . A . ALEY.AriDER 120~ SCATTERED VISIBILITY 15 C. NO CEILirJG DIRECTIO~i I1l1 ~l'IESOT/\ HADENA, t1INN THAT 3IGHTir~C HAS I N ALL PROBABILITY A STAR OF u~'lUSUAL BRIGHTi,!ESS f... iD S IZI. HOHEVER FOR TH PERIOD REPORTED NO BALLOo s OR PLAtlZS \JERE RELEASED OR FLYING. CHJ:CK Hf...S tlADE HITH HESSOr~S BALLOON RESEARCH AdD GENERAL tiiLLS INC. ALSO CI\A FACIL ITIES HT::HE C~If.CKED. ' I'l:ATIVE REPORTS HEflE RECEIVED E!:T AFo COLO T O DJ-;~D~ AT LO~RY FLI GHT SE~VIC~ 3., tjJ ZcJ 7:l9tb All{CI{AFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON (ADC) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WADENA AIR FORCE STATION WADENA, MINNESOTA TO: C o;;ml.:md.Gr su';)j ect~ nttacl"\,~d t\i r Techrd.cal Intell icer!.CC Conte:;: ./ri:;ht-F!ltt.croon Jd.r l'orce ::>a~e, Ohio I n r eference to AISS message AISOC 02C, dated 11 January 1957, UF013 Sight,~d I n Oux Area, the requested. i.nfo'lr.at.'l.on copy i s and submitted. - Info on l'FC.Y9 Used Binoculars nuadroxo ...... .. ~. Lt SAF 7J9tll AC :.~ Squadron. Contr.:>ller LO.i.! Clli' Ivnn n. vlai !lq. , ~t. T.t.. tl~A'W. Cnnt.rn1 1 A.,.. o l i.;.Jo lunin:.n.m !nlln on end3 C J ' 'h re,. to Sllver Do!!lar ji o t o I ~ulti-co1.::red Loo cd J'i.l<:e ci lcl' s j o.ck--revolvad Nichaal (P-29) Controller called; s .id ba had oos~rv .. ~ a u:o.a CBJE;CT(~)