PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE. ~ 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon 1957 15 T\il w of Russellville I Ala 0 Probably Balloon W Y Boll oon ... 2 December DATITtMI GROU~ ~va .a o G, .... ~.R-~or 0 Wail Ahcroft roun-" ..... -0 Proboltly Ahcroft 0 AI,. Vl~&~.l 0 Alrlntercopt Ao'-'r D PottiWy Alrcroft SOUl 0 Was Astronolftlcol av Physical a ProlloWyAatroMMicol :a~. Soecimen . Original: Farmer & Sheriff a Potalbly AstronoMical tO. lttlll' SUMMARY 01' liGHTING Report of a ltole or patl1 40 ft long, 3 ft wide with burnt metal partic les from Sheriff (in turn) -to 3rd Army Hq -to G2, Ft McPhGrson, Atlanta,Ga . to Maj McCoy, RoblJins AFB, G~. -to UFO Pro j est 0 f f ice r --W P :H'' B ( AT I C) 0 lnauffltlont o ... for Evoluotlon 11. COMMINTS Further inquiries indicated that o bject was an aircraft tip t~nk accidently dropped. AC OPERATIONA IMMEDIATE FM COMDR 14 AF ROBINS AFB TO CQMDR ATIC WPAFB INFO HQ USAF WASHDC COwlDR CONAC MITCHEL PAGE TWO . THEY HAD REQUESTED THE HU~.J'fSV .ILLE ARMY DUTY OFFICER TO CONTACT o. X AT MEMPHIS CONrRoL. AT 1245 EST, HQ 14 AF SAR DUTY CONTROLLER CALLED RESTONE ARSENAL DUTY OFFICER AND.HUNTSVILLE STAFF DUTY OFFICER. NEITHER HAD INFO CONCERNING BASIC MESSAGE. AT 1440 EST, - 14 AF SAR DUTY CONTROLLER CALLED REDS~NE DUTY OFFICER, tJHO STATED HE WAS NOT AWAlH~ OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED MESSAGE. AT 1520 EST, 14 AF SAR CONTROLLER THEN CALLED AIR FIELD OPERATIONS AT REDSTONE, AND WAS INFORMED THAT CAPTAIN SELFE WAS ENROUTE IN A BEAVER TO IN- VESTIGATE. SAR DUTY CONTROLLER JiEQUESTED THAT 14 AF BE NOTIFIED OF RESULTS. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE~EqEIVED VIA MAXWELL FLIGHT STATION FROM HUNTSVILLE: "FROM AERIAL RECONJ UNABLE TO DETERMINE NATURE OF OBJECT~ MATTER BEING TURNED OVER TO 3 ARMY. SIGNED BY CAPTAIN J K SELFE.w ON ~ DECEMBER 57; HQ 14 AF INTELLIGENCE DIVISION CONTACTED COL FRINDE:LL, CHIEF INTELLIGENCE DIVIS ION, 3 ARMY G-2. CID AGENT AND 1 (1) ~ M INVESTIGATING THIS REPORT 3 ARMY WILL KEEP THIS HEADQUARTERS INFORMED OF ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. THE UNDERSIGNED RELAYED COMPLETE DETAILS BY TELEPHONE TO ATIC, CAPT GREGORY, WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, DAYTON, OHIO, INDICATING POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP TO OPERATION wPIG IRON."