PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Woa Balloon 7 Deceaber 1957 6 Mi W of Darrin Wash. o Probably Balloon V'!. .JVJ 1 0 "'ounciRoclor 0 Was Alrcroft Locol----------~f'OUft suo "" D Probably Aircraft C Pouibl Y Ai rcrolt 5. C Wos Astronoml col /; ~ \ 0 Yea ProboWy Aatronolftlcol( V~d ~ C Poaalbly Astronolftlcal 1 1. NUMII!R Ofl OIJI!CTS 9. COURS! C Other ' 0 Insuffic i ent Dato for Evoluotion 1 7. LENGTH Ofl OISI!RVATION 0 Unknown I j BIUifl SUMMARY OP SIGHTtNO Round object, very bright white drifting to sw. 11. COMMENTS Astro plot and astro charts whow Venus to be SSW of observer & moving west. The duration would tend to point to this planet as the object observed. Venus is very bright this year. ATIC JPOIIIIM 329 (ltaY 2 8aP 52) 00 RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ LEC S U ~ 0 b98fc DE RJWPDM 07A FM ~OC 25Tu CADD TO RJEDDN/C OMD NORAD DIR OF INT~LLIGENCE RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB I RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAf II U N C L A S II TAT L-37 2.NCOULD NOT TELL.-YIZe AGE T\110 RJWPDrl I 1. A NEIGHBOR NEG { .J?/-<'v-A-ltt' t'l 0L1~ FT TO 15000 FT SW OVER WHITEHEAD MOUNTAIN. 1 6 MILES WEST DARRINGT N WAS4 EARS OLD CALLED IN B 000 250 DEGREE -49 KNOTS 15,0~ 250 DEGREE -66 KNOTS 3. HIGH THIN BRKN~ a -/k)0; f//"V/f'e>/Y C/ct/c/5 PAGE THREE RJWPDM 07A VIII WEATHER BALLOONS RELEASED ABOUT ONE HOUR EARLIER FROM SEATTLE AND TATOOSH. SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN QUITE OVER THAT AREA AND WOULD BE ( ABOUT 40,000 FT HIGH; --- ~9/1800Z DEC RJWPDM