PROJECT 10073 RECORO CARD 2. LOCATION 1~. CONCLUSIONS 31 Qctolcr lGS'? nassapcq1.1a Pal .. }~, New York o Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3. DATETIM! GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ;-O:Ground Vi :.uol 0 Ground-Rodor [] Was Aircraft 0 Probably Ai rcroft 0 Po s ~i bl y Ai rc-:roft D Ye C Probobly Astronomical t ~;.. X F !'1 J) nc~P~ ~si bly A:stronomi cal 7. LENGTH Ofi.09SERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE seconds one North 0 ln~ufficiont Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ,11_ n ex t r erne 1 y h 1' i z h t o b j e c t was G 8 en ah0ut f). 7 seconds). No reports o a n U5'0 from l'C.HJar- aircraft, nir n:t')era- t i o n s or others fro ?'11 that are a ATIC: FORM 329 (REV 16 SEP 52) 11. COMMENTS d i s co u n t t: he p o s s i b i 1 i t y o f a meteor, the eh~ 1act e ristics, speed and dcs ).ipt.ion nll p0i11t t o the object 11,Jing n ~!otcor .. EVAWft.TIO!\ Civilian : In3ufficient r.ata Aatro (!lf:il'~OR) Insufficient fAlta -Ga rwc1 , Po land . California .. 'Nevi Orleans louisiana . -~untingto~, ~l!est Vi~ginia l4ich1~an- .. Atlanta 'Swansea, Illinois "'Canadi~n, Texas .. }3roo~ttondale ..... Ft ~-:orth, Texas ' Atlantic Ocean Ieve lla.nd Texas (r-r:lc6.. ~ .... White Sends Ne'o~ l'.exico l'Se~: Jersey 'long Beach , Asbury Park, Ne\1 Jersey . ..... Gre~nville ''I'uscon, Arizona ... Mount Dora, Florida ' Oro G.cande (Alamongordo) I new l~X l-11ssour1 l-til1tary Other { UHRELIABU OBSERV3i) Astro ('JEHUS) Insufficient Data Astro (l~!E'rEOR) . , ; -Other ( U!'!R5!LLl\BLS !PORT) Othe~ \S~ARCHLIGh~) ,. _ .A~tro (HETEOR) Other (BALL LIGE.TllllllG) At> tro ( OON/VEIID3} Insufficient Data Astro (VEl!U$) Insufficient Data Astra {METEOR) Other (KITE) Other (CONTRAILS) Other (11IRAGE/P3YCH) ' :::._ Insufficient rata Insufficient D~ta '~tltchell Field, Lo~g .... Varietta, Georgia 'Birmingham, Alabatta "'Ki!'"tla.nd AFB, Ne,.; ~!e~:icc{ (p~f: mS},NG ::ilita . Astro. (HBTEOR) _ P.stro ( liE'.!:i!:Oa) Astro (v~rrus) -r.al,;aukee, Ore,2;on Nilita..L "El :?a:Jo, Texas ...., Cayuca3, C'=lliforni:t "' Noitant, Louisia na "".htlentic (Jsmaic.a., t!iarni). ~ Amari~lo Itaipu Fort I Brazil m. ~") 't.l(. ... " EL"ilHood Park, Illinois (NOT C.~ SES) S':ienc e l':~ws Ltr I!ewsclipping f-'!"ewslcipping l \TSC lipyl-::g Ne'\;sclipping Other (UNR:i!LIA:SLE RZFORl') Astro ( VEr!US) Astro (H~"'TEOR) Astro (Jiii!..l'EOR) ClAS'\IFICATIOfif ACTIVITY REPORfiNG REPCftT NO. ,\IR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT C:OUI'ffRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERNS DATE OF INFOfO~T I ON (Le.tve blank) AC'fiYI'rY SUBMITTING REPORT DATE OF COLLEC'riCN SRI STATUS (If appllcol,le) ~500th Air ~aae Wing ~itchel Air Force Baae PRPARING INDIVIDUAL I.li~t:sctor or Opera-tiona, 2)00th J\.ir 12 .Uecember :;;7 CANCELEDilr-:tOMPLF.TF. NAI~ OR OESCifiPTIOH Of SOURCE EYALUATIOH a. B. l:ason AODITION~L INFOH TION ON (Ddt~) REFERENC5 (BAIR Subject, previous reports, etc. , ~ app SU9Jf.CT (D criptive title. U~ SUtv?.1ARY (Giv~ sumiNry "hie It hiAhl i~hh the salient /actors of narrative report. BoJin narrative te:Kt on tmltt~:t report c.3n be fully tat~d on AF Form 112. List inclo~tures, lncludinl nwtbttr ol coplei') .A~taciled latt~r f .t"om Il. B. l-t:taon, 77 Ib.rrr:o:13 .Uriva, La33aptqua Park, :;ew York, dated 5 iJeoember 19 57, is forwarded for .1.ny ill.V tlgation or action you deem n~c~aaar,y. C;aptain, u~ .. ~ Adju~,.ant (bcpt USAF artd fH. Indic11te '{)11pl M/ol and copiu /o inc los urea, i I npp i.c.-.h le) OIST"'IDUTION BY t4 AC3/I. ID!OOSll WAMHING: Thi~ docu~Mnt cont.ina inlor.utlon affectinll the n11tionltl de/en~e of th United Stntoa witllin che ll"~aflinll o f th~ &pionlt,. Lawu, THI JB, u.s.c . s.ction 7fJJ lind 794. Ita tr.'tfl:ltiti:~ion 01' th<t revhtion o l u .. C<lfltetntv in .lily nl.llllll'lr to 1111 unHuth~rid pereon I prohlbit~d by I 112 REPLACES Af r oqM 112. 1 ~T 51. waHCH M4Y R"' usEo CLASSIFICATION Dl-L~ector ot 3ase Op t:lono United S t ... l::'.. t .~.) 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