~>Jail ;a UFOB INDEX CARD 2. LOCATION Roanoke 2apids AFs_ He I 12. CONCLUSIONS I 0 Was Balloon 0 P robobly Balloon s i bl Y Ball a on ll/OO'Jtll !'T Of' 57 j1 Ground-Vi suol 0 Air-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Was Ai rcroft 0 P roboul y Aircraft a Possibly Ai rc r aft lA Was A~tronomi col 0 Yes a Probably Astrono mical 7. LENCTH OF OSSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Insufficient Uoto for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMM4RY OF SIGHTING C"utt.:Ot:nd altemating orange~ red aDd'"~ object. times the J!'egMtude ot a star. ~jec~ was just. abota the horizon iD the Sf fadjn& in a tlorthtrl:r dtrectim. t-ras in si gltt tor 1S nt!.nutes. AlSOP Form 5 (13 Oct 54) 11. COMMENTS "' Dascript.ion, duration, i'li~ht path ~1dicate that tr.is sighting \zas i/enus.