Floydbennettnavyab Newyork — February 1957

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Keywords: rjedls, bennet, floyd, onclljsions, oaaibjy, onolfticol, velocitie, coibcide, easzt, he_a_ded, obsdver, flfyi, wpd034, ymb002lsa044eba001, rjedenicomdi, student, cicero, fsted, conditon, ijepny, tbrough, rcrcrft, qbserver, binoculars, bruar
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12 Fe bruar It DAT!-TJMa atiY.a. not rec d PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Flo d Bennett Nav AB L TYPE Ofi' OISERVATION :ciCero~ do Vlsuol BX 0 Ground Radar School student t. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS f. COURSE one N to SW 11. COMMENTS C:ONCLlJSIONS 0 Wos Balloon Probably Balloon Po ul bl y Ball oan 0 Wa4 Aircraft c P rol:lobl y Ai rcrcrft Po ui bl y AI rcraft 0 Was At.ronomicol 0 Pral,obl r Astronomical D P.oaaibJy Aat.onolfticol 0 tn sufficient Data for Eva I "oti on 0 Unlcnown On~object, oval shaped, size of Wind direction and velocitie s at 10-16,000 ft coibcide with travel of object, i.e., N to SW. As object was positively identified as round in shape, observed throug h binoculars, in sight fo1 over l hour, undoubtedly was a balloon tbrough binoculars, color white. faded out. rowM sa (JlZV 21 su 52) PAGE TI~O RJEDLS 2H 2. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE A. WATCHING THE SKY B. 15 DEGREES NOR1'H -~ - c . 75 DEGREES WEST <~- D. ~EST }0 EASzT THEN ~HANG~D COU S_E AND HE_A_DED w.;_sr-: E. FADED OUT :r.~E HOUR AND .~ENTY MINUTES /<---....J OC3L~) tt;;---;!J 3.MANNER OF OBSERVATION. A. GROUND VISUAL BINOCULARS -~ . GOCA T.ION OJ_ OBSDVER - 4Z-36N 73,3W APPROX 1. MILE NORT FLOYD BENNET NAVAL AIR BASE ~---' i_t: N'flfYI~G INFORMATION 0~-ALL QBSERVER !>~GE.THREE RJED'LS 2H HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ,BROOKLYN N.Y. ?.WEATHER -AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITON TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING B. SURFACE D. FIFTEEN MILES E. SCATTERED TO CLEAR 1~. 2 A/C LANDI'NG FLOYD BENNET .~1 .. OPERATIONS OFFICER 1291 AACS SQDN (FLIGHT SERVICE UNKNOWN 12. 4 PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN WITH 3' MM CAMERA . 12/23582 FEB RJEDLS. ~1_ WPD034 YMB002LSA044EBA001 00 R'JEDEN RJEPNY RJED~P RJEPHQ D RJEDLS 2H iM FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER 01.!\fSTED AFB PA TO RJEDENICOMDi ADC ENT AFB COLORADO IJEPNY/CO!mll 2' AD tiD") ROSLYN NY 1. DESCRIPTION -.&HT PATTERSON OHIO c~ VHJ:r:: Fe f>!MMER TH~ HAZE ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF OBJECT