PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIO 0 Wos Balloon ll'-rard. Probably Boli-n Poui bly Balloon OATeTIME CROUP .c. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ;.:o: Ground-Vi suol 0 GroundRodor 0 Wos Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Ai r-VI suoi 0 A lrlntorcopt Radar 0 Po ui bl y AIrcraft .s. PHOTOS 6 . SOURCE 0 Was Atro,oml col 0 Probobl y AatroNMicol 0 Possibly AtronoMicol 7. L ENGTH Oil' OISUYATIOH I 8. NUMiS!R 011 OBJECTS 9. COURSI! 0 l,sulfl c lont O.to f.r Evol~o~otion 0 Unkno"WOn BRIU SUWMARY 0, SICHTINO 11. COMMI!HTS t ws Pro o to .!.e balloon SiJ'ht1n~ :1 li a s tnr. Color br 1.!.l.l.nt1 t h1nocularc:;. July 10) 1957: I~ reports of object or objects from Hew Sngland, incl. ~kw Haven) Boston, and Bl"W\S1'r.i.ck, !le. AF ~esearch Center a t Cambridge identified object( s ~ aa lloby Dick baJJoon, released at Vernalis, California (sic). -N. Y. World- Tele~am & Sun, 7/ll; Newark Star-Led~er, 7/ll(AP); N. Y; Herald Tribune, 7/12. ATl C JP01'114 329 (l'&V lt SU Sl) UNCLASSIFIED CUSS IF ICATION AIR ~NTELL1GENCE JNFORMATJON REPORT CCI)t<TIIY OR )>1',\ RfORT CONCEIINS ACTIJITY SU8~1TTING REPORT 2004th Air Reser'Te Cent~ 476 Ca.pito:L Ave., Hartford 6, Conn P~E?ARIHG 1~011/IOUA L Lt Col F'rsnk F. 1-lool.ley Jr. '1~\ot-OR o,scR IPT ION Oi' S OI..RCE 9ri 1 11 3J'l t :ihi t.e li.Ylt DATE OF COLLECTION lO Ju.lJr 1957 OATE OF !!!-:PORT EVALUAT 10 .. Appra::c ?O,rxJO A~F~RE~CES ( BAIR Sub1.ct, previou reporta , etc., appllcable) Compared dth a star only-1D ti=nes or more larger. SRI STATUS tJppJ icable) CA~ELEDIC~PLETE C ANC( LED/ I '<CC .. PLETE AVOITICm.L INI'<l~IW.TIO-. ON (l)nte ) SUMMARY ( Citve :Ju-ry lddt hi,hli,hu the l unt /ector o f nerret ive report. Be'Jn Nlrf'et Jve te>rt on AF For 112 unl reoort cen be fully etered on AF For~ 112. L1:1t incloaure, includln' nuber of copie) The sighted object waa a brilliant ldrl.te light, it appea~ to be 1m~ r ?Wld in ahape and could be compared to a star except it ~ appraxi.:nateq ten t imea or :aore .l.&rger. Color was br:ill1 ant lth.ite with only-one object in a~ e. Course ~ objec~ was West to East directly OYerhead, angle or elevation ;o , a z.inrt.h 90, keeping steady W~t. to East course. Cbject appeared in m:r Bight tor apprmdtel1' forty five minu.tea and vas rlsible from the ground and also sighted through binoculars. Zulu t.:!me dates 2330Z at dusk. The observer ~ located Latitude-41 43' Jf, Longitude 72 39' W. No other observers, other than J1111Bel.f at this locatiane Weather conditions were exeell &It vith excellent rlsibility, "Aeather staUan tac1lities vere not aTa.ilabl.e. Ce111ng was unlimited. Neare~t ajr tra.f~ic was at Brainard Field and this cOllSisted of o~ ligbt pri n.te plan~ e FRANK F. WOOLIE.l, Lt Col, USAF CQI11113Dcl&r 0 IS r'11 JUT ION 9 Y OR IG INATCit (Except USA/' rtd li Je . Ind i ct l)uol ,\1/o nd co pi u / o inc lour .. , i f pplicebl) A11 ... ot:rl.es Air Defense Coumand DISTRIBOTIOll BY ADC: ~";:a1 t o A.CS/I, ...,..Hc..,..:U,...OSJ.? 0 OP:f to Ccadr, ATIC Copy to Ccmir, ADC \o1Ml1C114G: Thl docu-nt con14lne i nforfl'ltlJon alfectin' the n tione/ defenee of the Unltd Stetea ithln the -nlntl of the Bdooon e La~. Title 11, U.S.C., Section 7?3 and 794 . It tran~iion or the revel a t i o n o f it content In ny ~nner to n un~uthorisd pere o n J e prohibited b7 l REPLACES AF FORW I 12 I CCT 5t. liH ICH W.Y BE USED I 12 (: U.S, GO'<IEII"" E.Ilf Pl'llfTIIIG Of'Tia. I~ 0-)154 7 5