PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 12 OON 82 ~'15W 0 Wa s Balloon I ') 7 l . n -l . s (' \ 0 pro b ably Boll oon w.....--.1 Q;: x P o ssi bl y B o II oo n 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Anril 1957 OATETIME CROUP l <e:: Ground V i ~ual C A i r- Vi suol 0 Ground-Rodor 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Was Aircraft 0 P rob obi y AI rcroh D Ponlbly Aircraft D Was Astronomi col 0 Probably Astronomical ~.1 i 1 it f:l.r y 0 Possibly Astronomical 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other _ 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 5 minutes one Ear.; tward 0 Insufficient Data fo r Evaluation 0 U nknown 10. BRJEP SUMM~RV OF SIGHTING \1. COMMENTS One object, shapo not to clear due to blurred edges, appearod to b o tri a ugulac o r squ a r e . Slze 1/10 of h alf moon , c olor was similar to moon but twice a s brilliant. Object appea1o d s tatiOllal' Y n o sound~ .ATIC FOR M 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) '' comparlson with tJtunerons photo grap h s o.f r adar, r:or n e r r o.flcc tors(trinngular objects o f a lumi nurn foil)s u s p e ndo d b0low balloons) and cllal'ncteristic oi the object. Indi<.:ate th:1t the object was tt1is type of racJar r eflector T WPB040 YDA047 VYA024 VDC021BND042 RR RJEDEN RJEl1JP RJEPHQ DE RJESBN 23A FM COMDR ~27TH ARS ROBINS AFB GA TO RJEDENICOMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS RJED1iP/COMDR AIR TECH Il'ITELLIGENCE CENTER UPAFB OHIO RJEPHQ/HQS USAF WASH DC UNCLAS 427 INT 4~0 PD FOR DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE SUBJ: OB 1PD A PD SHAPE OF OBJECT NOT TO CLEAR CNM DUE TO BLURRED EDGES IT APPEARED HOWEVER THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN TRIANGLER OR SQUARE PD BRILLIANCE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMI EXACT SHAPE PD B PD SIZE OF OBJECT APPEARED ABOUT ONE TENTH OF A HALF MOON IF BOTH WERE AT SAME ALTITUDE PD C PD COLOR WAS SIMILAR TO THE MOON EXCEPT ABOUT TWICE MOON'S BRILLIANCE WHEN FIRST NOTICED PAREN 2200Z PAREN PD fJ.T THE TIME IT APPEARED TO BE STATIONARY PD D PD ONLY ONE YAS SIGHTED PD E ?D NO FORMATION PD F PD BRILLIANCE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE ANY EXACT DETAILS PD BLURRED EDGES MADE IT APPEAR TO HAVE SEVERAL SHAPES CMM TRIANGU::R CNM SQUARE AND EVEN ELONGATED PD PAGE TWO RJESBN 23A G PD ! T !~L _ CMM ! OR ~AUST WAS SEEN P.E_ NO szND--\i AS HEARD-P D I PD OBJECT AT FIRST APPE~ED TOcr! -~TATIO~ AND THEN IT APPEARE: D TO BE ASCENDING PA~EN 2~05Z PAREN AND LOSING SLIGHT BRILLIANCE PD THERE WAS NO RADICAL CHANGE BUT IRREGULAR PATH SLOWLY ,~(r;TING EAST;A~PD AT 2212Z OBJECT WAS LESS BRl!..l.lANT - THAN MOON fND SLIGHTLY SHALLER THAN WHEN FIRST SIGHTED PD 2~13Z FIRST CELESTIAL BODY WAS SIGHTED IN THE EAST PD THE CELESTIAL BODY ti AS NOT A STAR ;auT BELIEVED TO BE PLANET JUPITER PD 22142 OBJECT APPEARED TO BE ORANGE AND HALF BRILLIANT AS MOON CMM CHANGING COLOR RAPIDLY AND DIMINISHING IN SIZE RAPIDLY PD ~2182 SLIGHTL.Y SMALLER AND LESS !BRILLIANT THAN THE PLANET JUPITER PD 2224Z OBJECT STILL DIMLY I N ls!GHT PD GIVES EFFECT OF T HIRD RATE STAR PD OBJECT MOVED ABOUT 5 \DEGREES EASTWARD FROM WHEN FIRST SIGHTED AND APPEARED TO BE ~SCENDING MORE RAPIDLY PD AT THIS TIME OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES WERE SIGHTED AND THE UFO APPEARED TO BE MOVING OUTW Jl.RD PD 2 PD A PD ATTENTION WAS ATTRACTED BY THE FACT THAT IT WAS DAYLIGHT CNM ONL.Y A HALf MOON CMM IT WAS NOT A STAR NOR A PLANET NOR AN"Y WEATHER EQUIP PD B PD OBSERVED ELEVATION WAS 80 TO 85 DEGREES CMM OBSERVED AZIMUTH ABOUT 30 DEGREES WHEN FIRST DISCOVERED PD C PD OBSERVED El.:EVATION REMAINED ABOUT THE SAL"1E PD AZIMUTH ABOUT 35 DEGREES T.~HEN OUT OF SIGHT PD D PD HOVERING WHEN FIRST SEEN Cl-lM THEN ASCENDING SLOl:iLY THEN VERY RAPIDLY PD DRIFTED ABOUT 5 DEGREES EASTWARD PD E PD DIS\APPEI\RANCE DUE TO VERY SMALL SIZE AND OUT OF SIGHT PD F PD I N SIGHT ABOUT 25 MINUTES PAREN ~2002 TO 2225Z PAREN PD 3 PD A PD P~GE THREE RJESBN 23A NO OPT I CAL AIDS PD 4 PD OBSERVATION WAS GROUND VISUAL PD B "PD A PD SlGHTE~. 0722002 UNTIL ,0~2225Z PD B PD DUSK PD 5 PD ~ \ _,. 32 DEGREES 00. MINUTES NOlri'ft,...AND' S2 DEGREES 45 MI NUTES t~EST f>'n 5 PD 1ST LT DEAN L BEACH CMM A02226761 CNM 427TH AIR REFUELING SQUADRON C DUTY CLN PRESENTLY HOLDS A NAVIGATORS AND PILOTS RATINGS PD 1ST J..'f JOHN R CASS ARINI Cf'JM A0300549-4 CMM DUTY CLN PRESENTLY HOLDS A NAVIGATOR AND PILOTS RATINGS PD BOTH CONSIDERED RELIABLE SOURCES OF INFO PD 7 PD A PD VERY CLEAR SJ<YS BUT SLIGHT HAZE 20 t1! NUTES AFTER SIGHTING PD B PD W/V AT 6001~50/25CMM 1~000~70/30 CMM CNM 8~0i0-270/90 PD CEIL CMM NONE VISIBILITY UNLIMITED PD 8 PD NO OTHER EXPLANATION FOR SIGHTINGS PD 9 PD I~ITELLIGENCE NOTIFIED PD 10 PD NON SEEN PD 11 PD PREPARING OFFICERS WERE STATED IN ITEM 5 ABOVE PD NO EXPLANATION FOR OBJECT COULD BE CONCEIVED OTHER THAN "DEFINITLY UNUSUAL" PD CHARACTERISTICS OF CHANGING COLOR AND SIZE ~HICH MADE IT SEEM AS ILAS..C.ENDING COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE s(ETTING SU~N THE NEST AND THE OBJECT MAY ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HoURS AFTER APPEARING TO BE OUT OF SIGHT PD I~ PD NO PHYSICAL EVIDEN~VAIL.ABLE PD ,~E:::J ~rlJ\lv 1 0/23062 APR RJESBN