PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCA TJON 12. CONCLUSIONS XIX Was Balloon 27 Alll!USt 1957 NNE of Boston. l\lassachnsettE 0 Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP 4 . TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Oolloon D:Crouncf. 0 GroundRodor 0 Was Aircraft 0 P rob obi y Aircraft li(Ai,. Visual 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Airlntercept Rooar 0 Was Astronomi col 0 Probably Astronomical Q:llo Military 0 P ossibly Astronomical 7. LENOTH 0, OBSERVATION NUMBER 0, OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other 0 In sufficient Oato for Evol uation 20 minutes stationary 10. IAII!fl SUMMARY Ofl SIOHTINO II. COMMENTS Round object , meagr e infmrmation, but altitude . Unable to climb to bbj ect. object presumed to be balloon. ATIC JPORM 329 (REV 26 tiEP 52) WPB171LYDB068 ~\ 00 RJEDWP L ZUI INC YDW122DE RJEPNBJOW ZDK 00 RJEDEN RJEDW RJEPHQ RJEPNB RJEPNY DE RJEPNB 9W FM COMDR 324TH FINCEPTRON ttTESTOVER AFB MASS TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPGS COLO RJEPNY/COMDR 26AD ROSLYN AFS NY RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHQ/~IRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC INFO ZEN/COMDR 4729TH ADEFGRU WESTOVER AFB MASS RJEPNB/COMDR BADS STEWART AFB NY /UNCLASSIFIED/FS324IN 859/U F 0 B REPORT IS AS FOLLOWS: ( B). (P_E_A_ A_T- 10_A_N-GE_L_j)C[ RTER AT 40 AN G~ CC>~METALLIC GREY ~ CF>. NEGATIVE CG>. NEGATIVE CH>. NEGATIVE C I). l!_I :;H ALTITUDE; ~TI~1AT'::D Sot A~GZ_!.S_Q A30 tl., 7. KAJ. GOOD CC>.(ip_u_R A_N-GE_L_S B-RO_K_E_N_) 9. OBSERVED FO TWENTY MINUTES UNABLE TO CLIMB TO OBJECTS 1B. NEGATIVE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. U F 0 B PRESUMED BALLOON. -~ 27/1915Z AUG RJEPNB PAGE TWO RJEPNB 9W 2. CA>. GCI 656TH ACW CB>.~DEGREE AT TWELVE O'CLOCK (D). APPEAR~MOST STAT~O y C CF>. AT LEAS 3. KA>. VISUAL C C > .Cf-sGil) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 515947, _ALTITUDE FORTY ANGELS, HEADIN ~60 DEGREES, SPEED ~KNOTS, STATION WESTOVER AFB 5. LAT 42 DEGREES 35' J LONG! 72 DEGREES 30!' J ABOUT OVER GREENFIELD, N.H, AT TIME OF SIGHTING PD U F 0 B ESTIMATED AT LAT 42 DEGREES 4B', LONG! 72 DEGREES 00', ABOUT TWENTY MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST BOSTON. ~--,_ ! _ '" f , ..... .-r',_ ~,tLT, USA PAGE THREE RJEPNB 9W UTY PILOT,,