PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION:; 0 Wa1 Bailt)on rov\7.}~ ~hO!' 1 1 t 'OY z I tlJ i :l.'lr". 0 Probohl y Boltoon l-i-.-O-A-T~E.-T-I_M_!_G~R-O_U_P .-.~T~Y~P-E~O~F~0-8-S~E-R-V--AT~I-O-N~----. --~Io Possibly Bolloon :OiGround Vi suol 0 Ground Rodnr 0 Was Aircrt~f t ========--l--r-0 Air-Vi 5u of 0 A i rl nt e rc e p t R ado r 5. PHOTOS i. SOURCE ------ 0 P rob aLly Ai rcr oh 0 Possibly Aircroh 10 .No C .i v l l i a n 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Was Astronomi eal , l J t , ...... 0 0 Probably A5tronomical QxPossi bly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Un\cnown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING o~Jj - t tr~velinf; Cl t a t'?..:'lil.Jltdou.s l'a te ::.nd lcavi11:~ <1 t rail o : Ythat sc~t.!8d t o b8 sp~"trks. l~it=r i t r-~ss,Jd .t.t :..~28ll!"-?:l ';/;tS r .. bout SO tit.le~ ln:.:~al' thDn c.1. fr:.ll. 11. COMMENTS ATJC FORM 32? CPP.V 7f, SJ~P S2) p,.rrot t. t~:-H.t c:rou"'~d c o.'!l:i ng fro!:l ~ul fj !~t~ ~ly d.!.roctio?l. ~nd ho'.iuir.~ th ' st. Tl:!'1 t.b.L~.~ ".1-.tai"~hed or dia~.11tergrttted ba~w11"n HUrO] a.nd Ru:Jhv .lU:-., -;,1.d!.:l~a ibly ~ea.r cr (/~ ~Jf State HighHay ,'/ :; Tt~ obj ~ct \.;~.B fil~;rJ 3~n by aga To the Con~andine Officer hir Force Rn~e noar Colur.tbu~, Ind I cal1ad lon~. di~tance to ro-port thr.t ject ria ~aen.in thd ~kr. talked to a Searg~nt Meadow~, and told him all ahol!t it. Did the ~ar"1e thing to the Ru:thvillo hut l'lhen th~y put an article rot it all wron~. Renublican in Ru~h- in tha pa9er they Ssndinr: you thi~ \'iritten renort 1u~t in cafle Searr:ent ~ieadow~ didn't taka it do~m riP'~t Your~ tr, !ly, Ju~t to 3et tha record Jtr!light; on what '"'J actually U3 .~n Friday night. ...I ~J oo mig:11t add _ri ?;ht hare .that if all t:13 re:' "' of obj.~..c.to oa.an tn th;,] aky g~Jti1o_.t.\rll..e+~C[-!1J'fqo J~..D.-;fre )llP.j t:.p a~1 ItllJ oi-=. arr-r.,~ P..)port did, 0 it i H no wonder_ thl :, i."'r:tY :5 ( , .. can't ronow up thl l ud" ri'l T H~Jr-a i" \vh;tt actu~tlly h~:tppan~d. ~J7 wif.o c:lnd I pai'k ,!d ta] t.l.,lCk in th~ b ack y urd of our ho~# I tJtc~p~d ou;~ ond h~{O. p~nad to glanc~ to the :Jky rgnd s il th~ ob J~->ct. I c ull\=lfl my wifo'~ att~ntion to it nnd pointco at it. The objsct W:l corning ~e-~ tramendou!3 rata of epa'9d, look- i.ng lik.a aeli-r~-e-nEi_J!_l o f fir~ It 'h'S3 .r..ot f3llin.z to"'.lfa~d tha t-larth, 'hut traveling uarr lal to th9 e~t:_th. comin.~ fro~ an o :1.-.,terl dir. ~t to a outh we::tt~ru_di_r\)ction~. It ~)a~rn-a-to b-.> \,wJ:ffto h and leaving a trail of '"ha~-!5aemad to b3 uparks, "it-~r:tv~J&:j_ just a littif3 .Paat_ u~ t.Uld th3:t )med.to di3integ~at~ complet aly. At thio point it G n- ~d to ju~t-f.:lll apart l li th thre tJpark3 f olying in evr3ry d .,...,. = ~J....on. At thi3 point I lookfld at my watch and it ' 'i8.3 5:30 1'?,.1 !!- Jha total time wo seen th(J objoct l'l3~ only a ,fen'[_ , . .:<a.:onCf~] yet it travele d rnor:a th.an half \lay_ across thG h-ori- tha si~e of tha object wa~ It wa3 at loa~ 50 ti~s a~ larga e3 any falline ~ta ave ~ean (not 5 tima~} ~iya ~u another idea of the eiza. If you would hol d a ba katba.l at arm~ length and at thG eare tim~ look nt t 'ha o ject they \llould hav~ been of comparable 5iz.-,. The di~tanc,a or the object a~ay from 'J3 is ~ihtnt r.t1 tlife and I di~agree ~ongwhat. She had the ide a th~t the objact \vJ~ 'l lon~ way3 away and looking a~ large as ~t did to us, i t h-:1d to be ~omethi.n~ like tha size of a la airplain3. r:.y !daa waa that it wa!'J clos e to u~ and tha t i t wn~ about 6' in diameter. To 1n~ it looked like it di~i11tcgrated ~orn, whe::e batwean l~ilroy and Gr~enshurg mayhe to the t;; t of Rd. J . Of cour , if my \'life'~ theor-y i e correct it h a d to be many milas awa y. Dy the way, I have hod "tl-To ohone that ~a an the ~arne thing. 5 year old boy. ffavn't per~onally yet but want to. call8 from oth-3r !t.z a 1 5 and ance to t~11c to t~am