PROJEcT .10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Pueblo, Colorado o Probably Balloon _J._D_A_T-1-T-IM_I_O_R_OU_P .f-._-TY-P_E_O_f_O_I..;.S_E_R_V_AT_I_O_N--------I 0 Paaal 01 Y Balloon Locei ..,..1_0_4_6.._.;..;;M;.;;S;..;T--. D Grounfi.VIauel 0 GroundReclar D Was Aircraft 1 0 Probably Aircraft ~;:;::;==;::========--+- .;:D ""QR~!l i te 0 Airlntercept Radar D Poaslbly Aircraft ~ rnu 1 ua D Waa Aatronomi cal 0 Yea c Probably Aatronomical ~No C i vJJ.. ian 0 Poaaibly Aatronomical ~7.-LI_NG_TH_O_P ;.OI~I-I_R_V-AT_I_O_N +L-N_U_MB~IR~O-f...,O..,.I-JE~C...,.T-S-:-~9.--:""CO_,U ... R~S~E----IO OtheHNIDENTIE'It~D Insufficient Data for Evaluation 5 mins one 110. IIIEP SUMMARY Of liGHTING . I 1. COMMENTS Obj entered field of theodolite cir-Placed in category unidentified cular in shape w/an apparently flat ring around the bbj & a .. rounded dome in tmmiddle. Obj .was white or silvery bite. Obj was higher than cirrus clou~s a t 30 ,OOOft. AftC PoD 121 (Ita H 8KP 12) al ef the elttect In Ita .1. Grapefruit I BoalcetNII 12.1 (Circl~ o,.. of the following to IMic.._ how certln you of yow toQueatlon22 ultl It hf O.ellte 111 " wertle 1-eltlect ....... whlcli wheft -' .., 1ft the el&r weultl tl the 25 .. WheN were you lucated when you saw the obtect? ((lrcle One}: 26. Were you (Circle One} Inside a building 1.. In a car c. Outdoor 4. In an airplane In the buslnes s section of a city? it. In the residential section of a city? c.. In open countryside? 4. Flying near an airfield? Flying ewer o city? f. Flying ovr OP.en country? ... 27. What were you doing at the titne you aaw the oblect, and how ~id you happen to notice It? . a,IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the tinte, then coenplete the following questions: a. North c. East e. South (. W~st . ~-' A b. Northeaat d. Southeaat f. Southwest h. NorthJft,a't 28.2 I low fast were you moving? ---------miles pttr hour. 28,3 Old you stop at any time while you were looking at the obiect? (Circle One} Yes No 29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the obiect? (Circle One} a. North c. East e. South Northeast cl. Southeast f. Southwest 30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the obiect? (Circle One} a. North c. East e. South b. Northeast d. Southeast uthwest h. Northwest If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the obiect was from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation).) ~'CA4l rf .. ~ .. ~J-; When it first appeared: a. From true North ......;G --degrees. b. From horizon 2' , -'-degrMs. When it disappeared: / 2-~, $degrees. g, / degrees. a. From true North b. From hetizon 32. In the following 1lcetch, Imagine that you are at the point 1hown. Place an A on the curved line to show how hlth the obiect wa1 above the horizon (1lcyllne) when you llrst 1aw lt. Place a a on the some curved line to 1kow how hlth the obiect wa1 above the horizon (skyline) when you lat 1aw lt. 33. In the following larger 1lcetch place an A" at the position the obiect when you lirst saw It, and a a at Its position when you last saw it. ~efer to 1maller 1ketch a1 an example of how to complete the larger sketch. conclltlon1 at the tl rou U.1 CLOLOS (Circle One} . ca.. alcy Scattered cloucla ~ 1/c... , Thiele or heavy cloucl1 Don't re WEATHER (Circle 0 J Fog, mlat, or llgli rain c, Moderate or heavy rain the oblect? ,..2 WIND (Citcle One} No wln4 @SIIthtlneae c, Str.,. wlncl 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle Onel . 35. When dlcl you repoel to ao..-oHiclal that you had IMn the oltlect? Day Month Y 36. Waa anyone else with you at the t you aaw the obiect? (Circle One} Yes t No,~ 36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the oblect too? (Circle One} Yea No 36.2 Please list their names and addresHs: 37. Was this the first time that you hacl sn an obiect or objecti lllce thla? (C lrcle One) , then when, where, and Ufider what circumstance dlcl you other ones? 37.1 IF you answered 38. In yow opinion what do you thlnlc the obiect waa nd what might have cauaM lt'l , , ' 3P. Oo you thlnlc you con eatiiiMite the (C lrcle One I LY~J) of the ol.ieet? IF you answered YES, then what apeecf would you eatl Do you thlnlc you con estimate how for away from you the obiect (Circle One) IF you YES, then how for away would you aoy It woa? C 1. Plea give the following alout youraelf: TELEPHONE NUMBER Please Indicate any special educational training that you have hacl. a. Grade school T echnlcal school b. High school College I. Other ~peclal training Post graduate 42. Date you completed this questionnaire: U. S. AIR PORCI TICHMICAL IMPOIMATIOM SHII T (SUMMARY DATAl In.,., that your lnforntlon may be filed and coded as accurately as poealble, please use the following apace to write out a short description of the event that you obeerved. You ntay re lnfor11tatlon that you have already given in the questionnaire, and add any further comments, , or alcetchea that you believe are important. Try to present the deta lis of the obeerva In the order In which they occurred. Additional pages of the same size paper may be attached If they are needed. (Do Hot Write In This Space) DATE July: 24 This unidentified object seen whUe taking a Pilot Balloon Observation on the morning or June 14,1958, while I was 1n the observation dome watohing the Weather Bureau Pilot Balloon by a theodolite. The object entered the field ot the theodolite at l04_6 JAQ~ain ~izqe, at an elevation angle of 24.2 end an azimuth oB 247.o(1ooking toward the East Nc .. heast.)(Weather Bureau theodolites are orieubed with o looking toward the south. If you use azimuth bearings with o orieuted NORTH then this .ould be 67.) The object was followed across the northern sky with the theodolite, reaching a high engle of en estimated 50(poasibly higher), on ,,to the st; , where it disappeared in haze at an elevation angle of Bel, az,muth 57.2(aga1n with o oriented SOUTH)( If o is orieul;ed NORTH this would be 237.2 ) Tl!& ~bjeot was going southwe.~. The object was moT.I.n~ too raat to note a:ny theodolite readings during its traverse across the sky, ao the high angle of so had to be estimated. It took 5 minutes( plus ~r nua l~e) to orosa the sky f'rom the time or first- Sighting iilitil loSt to 1w. II es were cou11ted by use or the buzzer used in taking balloon obser- vations, but the count could possibly be in error by one minute, since I could not t&lce t1me to write aeything down while watching the o'bJ9ct When first seen the outline of the object was not too clear but as it passed at a high angle the shape became quite clear. It wns circulnr in shape with an apparently flat ring around the object and a rounded dome in the middle. It looked very much like a picture of Saturn with its rir..gs except that I did not . aee 8lJ7 rounded part below the ring. The object appeared white or silvery white and no metallic luster was noted. Thero was no mise or smoke or exhaust visible, and no vapor trails were seen. The object higher than cirrus clouds,whioh were estimated at 30.ooo feet. ( I haw 28 years experience as a Weather Obserwr with tho Weather Bureau in est,mating cloud heights.) The object passed above a few wisps ot cirrus, and while ita outline could still be seen it was slightly blurred at such t s Upper Jir 1 durint; the day wre trom the aout at quadrMt, oppo~it_e to the 110 or thia object~ A oheok waa made with a looal astronomer concerning the poiiib111t)' that a aatelite had been ob 4 but it a detormined that DO aatelite wae mo~ in the d1reot1on of this object, DOr oould the ahape ot aey aatelite he;n been noted with the relatively r acope on a theodolite... .. M ')o. the e.t1mated aize or the object, the d:latanoe away and ita est ed apeed, aa on thia quest:loDnaire are all baaed on an altitude ot 30 ,000 f'eet 1 I oei'IJliD that 1a the mm'nnaa alt itudo the objeot could have had aa indicated b7 ita paaainc abow o:lrrue clouds. It the object e much higher than 30 aa i1 quite poeaible the e:lze epeed and 4ls-tianoe awa.y when f'1rat and laat aeen would all be iaoreaaed. I haw eeen high altitude balloons through the theodolite eDd thq did aot look: at all 111ce thie object. Al.ao the epeed of' the object would rule out tbe poeaibllity ot it being a balloon. ainoe the mirdmum apeed a known to be a bow 600 mph toward the aout at . :\tO ROUTING SliP I"'ORMATIOfl NrCESSAilY SIGNATUill This is a touehie. I have a.r,proached it from e ~:to. s cientific and loe,.ical ansle. i:l'tF,f prP-limenary k s t ot e/c sched""les(both military and civil), r~dar test3 and operations, GCC, and others all showed Since Dr, Hyntk (to whom I sent only the very complex cases) is in ~bscow resp~ctfully request that you make the last scientific check: possible correlation with one of the satellites. It no resolution , this will be one tha t I must place in the catefory of UNKN0'-fN" Have provided you with copies of all pertinent na e- rial. Note lhat the source is a ux exper~ with ov 20 years exr.erience end for once precise: data we submi ttfdi.e, UFO was tracke with a theodolite. fROM MMI 011 nn.r fH 9 5 Repla DA AOO l'ucn-. I Apr 41, and AI'BQ t fUN ~aQ.ao,...a.wtah+...,lllern& v.. ~ cu C/U U IJ lc-VDvJ UNiftD TATKe DE .. ARTMENT Of' COMMERCK wATH .. II NUit.AU 1.4~ JaG rt n U't':l 4 JP'lTb& Cl 'lt 'a.\lc the Mbe.l ObMrta:tl~.t\ CP!l tho r!~ t~t .1 !.4. ,l.Slf~ e#~ lt . 1so M eri:~3&tt'de t~ t 5 z:l:~':;.;t-t~(pltw etr !'til.':V.-; 1 ) ilo (iNt:l O:lwt l\.\:y t UNITKD STATES DEPARTMENT 011' COMMERCE WIEATHIER BURIEAU WA8HINeTON Lt. Col. Sauer RDSB Headquarters ARDC Andrews Air Force Base Washington 25, D. C