PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 3. OATETIME CROUf' ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION :P.{Ground Vi $Vo l 0 GroondRador 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ------ 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMDER OF OD.JECTS 9. COURSE 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Bolloon 0 'X Ptio bob I y Balloon 0 Possl bl y Balloon Wos Ai rc:rah Probably Aircraft Po ssi bl y Ai rcroft Was Astronomical Probobl y Astronomi col PossiLiy A~tronomeol Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTIHG 1 1. COMMEN'rs nou1u CJbj JC t , a1Jv.::ox siz~ of a t?;t:~pe fl'ltit, whit.:e l l ghL flickered o n H l ! d stat io~.l.a!y t hen d i sappc ~:r:ed at a high rat~ o f sr::ed in an o~stcrly direction c l ir:l lng. Ohj -]C t appcnre d dull 1e J wh e 1 li~hLs flicksra d offo Dosc1 ii) i: iol1 ball.oon " ATIC FORM 329 (R?:Y 26 Sr~r 52) HPB2613MAA213ALA86LCE53 pP RJAPAD RJHPHM RJEDEN RJKDAG PP RJAPAD RJHPHM RJEDEN RJKDAG DE RJMALC 196 FM COMOR THIRTEENTH AF TO RJHPH~CINCPACAF RJAPAD/COMDR FIFTH AF RJ~DAG/COMDR ALASKAN AIR COM ELMENDORF ArB RJ EDEN/COMOR AJRDEF COMO ENT ArB Ui'!CLASS If I ED f R8M I 31 DC 8448 PO UNOB PD THIS MESSAGE IN TWLEV PARTS PD PART ONE PO DESCRIPTION ALPHA SMAPE ROUN0JAs VIEWED FROM f~DIATELY BELOW PR BRAVO SIZE APPROXIMATELY CAOJ-NUMSER t , FEAI' FO!lM 162 I January 19~7 T OF~GRAPEf"RUibHELD AT ARMS LENGTH PO CHARLJE DESCRIBED AS (wHITE L I GHj , PD OBSERVER THOUGHT LIGHT \-/AS ON HELICOPTER i -" .! _ f lSSLSJ .9HT_I_Nq PO DELTA ~ PO ECHO NEG AT I VE PO FOXTROT OBSERVER WAS INAXLE TM DISCERN SPECIFIC fEATURES OF OBJECT AND DESCRIBED SAME AS A QUOTE LIGHT UNQUOTE PD THE LIGHT FLl~K8fD QN AND OE( AT INTERVALS OR AZOUT R S~Q~QS PD 08ERSERVERS SON CMM AGE ELEVEN C STATES OBJECT APPEARED DULL ADV-CO?Y C A DJ-TO R CADJ-N U MoER I N COMING MESSAGEFORM Aet fnfo l PAGE TWO RJMALC 196 R.f.Jl. WHEN L I GHr FLj KERED OF" BUT fR l_t,f;_..SOtlRQ: '-:!~ABLE TO CONfi.RM ,PD GOLF NEGA T I VE PO HOTEL NEGATIVE PO I ND I A NGAT I VE PD PART TWO PD ALPHA Q..BSERVEB WAS .b_EAV IN~ BA~- { 1.; fHEATRE WHEN HC: NOTICED THREE OTHER PERSONS POINTING AT THE SKY PD BRAVO OBJECT APPEARED STATIONACY EDIATELY 0'/C:RHEAD WH:N FIR T OBSERVED PO EST I Ml TED ALTITUDE T\vO THOUSAND FEET PO CH.4RLIE NEGATIVE PD DELTA NEGATIV PO ECHO OSJ~CT DJSAPPEARED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED C~ CLI~JBJNG IN AN EASTERLY DIR~CTION PD FOXTROT OBJCT WAS OBSERVED ABOUT T'N'O OR THREE MINUTES PE PART TH:~EE QD ALPHA GROUi'D VI UAL PO BGAVO NEGATIVE ID CHARLIE NEGATIVE PO PART FOUR PD ALPHA BN~ ~/0 ONE THREE TH~EE FIVE ZULU PO B~AVO NIGHT PO PART i\ l V J UP VE ONE ONE NORTH ON TWO ZERO THREE TWO ZERO r:t VE EAST PD PART SIX PD ALPHA Ml CHAEL NUTT AGE ELEVEN PO BRAVO CHIEFN~A .~NT OFFICER CMM ALPH.~ LH I Sl~EY T~/0 ON TWO NIN~ ZERO SEVEN FIVE C~M HQ SAM~P ALPHA PAPA OSCAR SEVEtJ FOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION CM~ PROCUREMENT DIRECTORATE PD OBSERVER IS MATURE INDIVIDUAL AND IS CON IDERED TO HAVE ACCU~ATELY REPORTED INCJDET PD CAOJ.NU MBER lNCOMl.NG MESSAGEFORM PAGE THREE RJM~LC 196 DARK WITH LIGHT RAIN PO BRAVO WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCIY IN DEGREES AND KNOTS AT ONE TWO ZERO ZERO ZULU C SURFACE TWO ONE ZERO DEGREES THREE KNOTS CMX IX THOUSAND FEET THREE Q~E ZERO DEGR~ES FOUR O~E KNOTSSC~M TEN THOUSAND FEET THREE HUNDRED DEGREES THREE EIGHT KNOTS CMl\1 SIXTEEN TliOUSAND FEET THREE HUNDRED DEGREES FOUR FIVE KNOTS CMM TWNTY THOUSAND NEET TWO EIGHT ZERO DEGREES TWO SEVEN i\NOTS C~1M THIRTY THOUSAND FEET TWO TWO ZERO DEGREES ON NINE KNOTS CM'-1 FIFTY THOUSAND F'EET THREE HUNDRED DEGREES TEN KNOTS CMM EIGHTY THOUSANJ fEET THREE TWOSZERO DEGREES fOUR rfVE KNOTS PO CHARLJE CEJLfNG ONE TWO FIVE FIVE ZULU CONSTANT NINE THaJSAND fEET PO ECHO VERCAST PD DELTA VISIBILITY TEN MILES LIGHT RAUN PO FOXTROT NEGATIVE PO PART EIGHT PO SIXT fOOT WEATHER BALLOON RELEASED AT ONE T\vO ONE THREE ZERO THREE ZULU PO ROSE RAPIDLY AT RAT Of APP~OXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND rET PER MI TE PO LAUNCHER STATES BALLOON DISAPPEARED WITHIN THREE MINUTES PO PART NINE PO NEGATIVE PO PART TEN PO NO AIR TRAFFIC REPORZED WITHI~J FIFTY MILES PO PART ELEVEN PD CHIEF CMM COLLEC"fiON CAOJ -NUMSER I N C OMING MESSAGEFORr-1 D ff.Af 1-'0RH 162 I }CJnuary l9S7 Ac:t ln!o l- ATIONS DIVISION CMM DEPUTY FOR INTELLIGENCE CM\f HQ AOV-COPY CADJ-TOR CADJ-NUt~BEil SUS?Fr\-;!: PAGE fO'JR RJt~ALC 196 THIRTENTH AIR fORCE PD NO POSSIBLE EXPLANATION Or SIGHTING YET DISCOVERED IN VIEW OF TIME DISCREPANCY BETWEEN BALLOON LAUNCH AND SlGHTINGNPD PART TWELVE PD NEGATIVE t3/919Z NOV .RJMALC