PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION$ Jro< Wo s Balloon ~2 March 1 9 5 7 Center S a ndwich, New HClliiP o Prohably Balloon ..,..y_ 0 Was Aircraft .Local _.'\7round VIsual 0 CraundRodor P tobably Aircraft GMT ~2/2300Z 0 lf;\f; yors "t:l'B~i~Jn~ere~pt ftt~dar 0 Possibly Aircroft !. PHO OS 6. SOURCE .7. l.!NGTH O,.OISIRV ATION 40 min~ t o l hou r Civilian s (about 50) ~ NUMBER Of' OBJECTS 9. COURSI!. stati onary to NE risl.ng 0 Wo s Astronomical 0 Probably Astrcnomicol 0 P ossibl y Astronomical 0 ln,.ufficient Data for Evolvotion 0 Unlcnowtt 10. 8R1! .. SUMMARY Of' SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One round object, p ink t o red, seen sta't!.:>nary in ttre ~ort:heast. Object hovdr~d in one area continuously for a p proxima t e l y ~0 minutas t o one h o ur. Obj .a c c disappeared by fading out. ATlC .P'O!U( J:Z9 ('RZV. :26 SEP H) Descrip tion , duration and the fact that one Source thought t l1a obj was a b alloon, 1ndLca~e that t his s ighting was caused by a weath e r AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT C Jo ,I r tiL L f ' I I l'l~ :;,"\T~.''. (If ttf'Oill:l"tbl,.) Pc:.ul J ..... rrt.t.ony J C:l~"l"':. .d ... '1 J USAF I ptt"*V lf')fJ'f r f'-thltt,. -:tc. Unide~tif d ?lying 0bj?ct 3UVI-IAPY ((itv .,,,.,.,.,.y l>t c:h n;;ti :Srr~ t h , 1.tf.,..,l I tt'lrt , f ntrr,rp.,. ,.,.,w t . tulll" unlft r '>urt Cll" b ( d 'y , , ,. ~rl " " .v-Forao II. Lu.t n.;!.,s ur" , 1nc ludu ~ 'lufiO~r ol is ~n un.W.~nti.fied fl d..nrr G~servitio~ of u~CP. W7J.S by approx:i::12.t~ly fi..Cty (50) people Cer:ter '"n"\st. ir-e The t:ri.;ci?al obserVt3l'S. and t heir son .. e ... .:~, of Center Sar.dwic~o I OISTRIBU'tiON BY 46a2D AI>t 1 Orlgi.nal to D/I, REJ:,U;:j!F W to Co!ndr, ATIC APP!IDVED: 'Orcc otl ,:; , .:olor~do .Jor-i:1~s, Sol.Jr:i.CO t r t n'll ,..,, 't.jiJ Af fORM 112-PAP.T 11 100Th Bomb ':1 :ing UNCLASS IF ED P'\IR INTELLIGENCE iNFORMATION REP()RT 1,. Description of object: a.. S ha.pe: Ro1..llld b (t S ize: La.r ge r than a B- 4 7 2. ire raft o c ~ Color: Pink to r ed.o cio ~:umber: One object seen by al J observers except Mro and Era o cla im a seco~d object joined the first momentaril7 t hen both ros e t o and disapp~ared. Oo For.n.a.tion: 11/~ great heights !. Feature~: Three illuminating lights equally spa ced around t he object~ g . No tail, trail or exhaust., h o Sound: !ione Description a.nd course of object: Obser9ers attention first dralfll to object. wh11 e casuaJ l:r looking at the sky-o ~ observers. of observation: High in the sq in a northea~t direction frolll the Cg Angle of ele-.a.tion and azimuth o! object upon disappearance: Same as above d. Description of flight path and uneUYers of objecta continuously for approximatlT 40 minutes to one hour. Mr HoYered 1n one are& ~bjecf-through a stl.neyor t s transit !or a~pro.xim.tely 25 mimlt'A!sol the object hovered bet-..,een 357'- and 020'"' magnetie. observed the During 1-h.is t e" Hanner of disappearance of object: Rose high in the sky a.nd disappeared. f b Length o f ti.T.e ~'1. sight: Forty minutes to one hour. Manner of Observation: a o Ground v~ bo Optical aids: Surveyor's transit a.nd binoenl arso Co Airborn!! sig~tL"'lgs: N/A ~, TLne a~d data of sighting: b ~ Li gnt condit i.ons: n.1 Ui3ht ! ),"> Lo:a+.ton s of 0~3ervaM: Center Sand)(ich, -.f Ha.r:-.pshireo tmcLASs n-n;:n Af FORM 112-PART II AIR lNTELLIGENCE !NFORMATJOhl REPORT I P.Cr"Vi'l i 10. l OOth Bomb ~ang 6 a Identifying ]nfoN.ation of all observers: Cent~r Sandwich house\-r.i.fe ; Hr FUi'D 1, Center a lunber mjJJj unat ion unkno)'(tl; RFD 1, Center postmaster. USAF, tired, Center Sandwich, ?o Weather and winds aloft, conditions at time a nd place of sightings: Observ~rs account of weather condition~u Clear, visibility goodo b. Report. from nearest AWS or US Weather Bureau: Surface '/{ind N/NW a t 7 knots. Surface tempatun 48F. Wind at 6 teet 20/25 knots~ wind at 16 000 feet 3 20 /.30 knots; wind at 30 Co Ceiling: 25,000 feet. . e ~ Amount of el..oud caTer~ 5/8 thin cirrws . Thunders to x,ns in area: None 9o Interception or identiti.eation action taken: None llo Position title and. comments or preparing officer: The control room a t PAFB reeeived a cal) from Mro between 1900 a.nd1910 hours on 22 Mareh 1957o The inv.,stiga.tion teaiJI composed of Capt Anthony, Capt Blue, and M/Sgt Sayer arrived in Center Sandwich~ N.H. at~ hours on 23 March 1957, and rema~"'led for . approximatel.7 four (4) hours. Although the total number of people who saw the object was approximately firt;y (50), (this estimate given by Mro the statements or 15 people interviewed are sjm11 iar, therefore only he names of l the pr:Ulcipal observers included in this report. Mr 'flho observed t b ect a of the opinion a balloon. 11 other persons o served the ob e no opinion as l than a ~trange obj~ct in the s upposedly took four (4) l ?t.otogr~phs o f the object. it!hen oped by the Photo Lab a t PJLr.-'B '1-=iS completely-blaak. During t he period t he taam in-vestigate d the iacident no . .l.nusu.a.l o r strange objects were ,risible in tt-e skyo 1~.. Existence of physical evidence: PAlJ1. J () .\r!TaOLf'I, Capt, Inve igating Officer