PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Was Balloon 11 Jul 58 Etain AFB, France a Proltaltlr Balloon Waa Aircraft Proltaltly Aircraft Po I W y AJ rcroft D Woa Astronomi col D Yea D ProltaWy Aatronomicol Ba. Military D PossiltlyAatronomicol D lnaufflcient Data for Evaluation 25 sees one SSW to NE D U .. nown 811111 OP SIGHTING Egg-shaped obj, size of grapefruit, white, w/interval of light blinking on & off. Obj traveled straight & level, blinked off to the North & never came on agin. AftO NaM 18 (lt&Y 26 a II) I I. COMMIMTS Confirmed as Sputnik III. tor Ur SOlaoea DlYialOAe 1. fbi ot'!'loe baa r .. elftd a Dllllber ot WO repor' troma t.OC poa' Ia tbe Gn a.,, ,_,rtben uta, &lloblt;.aD )Jl a anaa. A ....,..., ebeok d1Mla.ea 'ba' U&eM are prlarll.l atatted wt th bli,b aobool ud Oil tua ad e14erll people w1 \ll 'lme oa tbetr baDda. !Mia-rellabll1'' la obYlc. KaweYer, wou.ld ap la' it a ObeoJt tor saelllH M -.de OD Ule bule ot the tollow1a:,e obaerYecl ill 'be& art:aa be Datea 12 1\ll 19SS Geral dlreotSoDa 33V 'o DG. a Ye17 ._11, wbl ' ADd ro"'ncl a. zua lYecl UJ'J repor' troa Air A,taobe, tbere were to .. alll obMI'ftre. Bulo clataa Baoea NE rruoe (50 M IJ B). ' flmea 2127 Z (QI'l' lfW ana ooul4ere<l o. tberetore, d. Gueral cllno,looa llo 190 4~N 'o 4050 cleu . 3 Yo.&r OQiiu.Onta and rea\Al'a ot ~caar Ottllp\A\G,lou ~ be twD4 wrltteo 41 'q oD '161a Would ap te 1 lt 0~ w~ld 'f. GJi);~y T SQGe~ DA2~SZCJYA&J62CHJA6S3 FP RJEDD[~ RJEDSQ ZFD RJF~SX PP RJDDW RJEDSQ RJEZH~ DE RJFMHW 3A F~ti CONDR TFH 4~ TC RJiCDN/COMDR ADC hJZDSQ/COMDR ATIC - iZHQ/ACS INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF BIOR JAKJNG ACOON, n - RJiZHQ/OIS HQ USAF FC RJFPLD/DCADV ATTN DIR AIR INTELL i,jl~CLASS FR0~1 4S O-I 7-2'~. (UFO) I:~ COMPLIANCE \JI_ T H AFP. 1~ THE FOLLOWING UF~ ~-~E..OB.!S_ AR-SUB~IITTE~ . DESC:iiP- TI0N oF OBJECT: < t) EG~ s!iA~j) < GRAPFRurT. IJ XXXXxtXX~iX~XX~X XXXX~ (5) N/A (6) MOVING FAST REGULAR >I NTEBVAL .-OF. ,LJ.~HTC BL I ~l< LNGUO~ Bv9FF R, DESCRIPTION OF CCURSE CF OB JECT: ( 1) Wt::~T CUT T 0 TAKE A ~!EATHER OBSERVATION AND SAH IT NCV ING. (!2) ABOU e0 EGREES ANGLE OF ELEVA- 1Z.! DEGREES AZIMUTH, (3) ABOUT 40 EGREES ANGLE or i.EVAT I ON ~ DEGJ{tES ASIMUT K (4) STRAIGHT AND LE,'~L. ( 5) BLINKED 0r.y 'r'> "l'''t < ~.N! ~, FVER CAME ON AGAIN. (6) NO MORE THAN 25 SEC 0 NDS PAGE TWO RJFMHW 3A c. MANNER OF OBSRVA Na C 1) GROUND VISUAL. ONt. (3) NIA. D. TIME A~D DATE OF SIGHT I ~G: TOWER ~TAIN AIR 3ASE FRANCE, TION ON OBSERVER: C2~ 31ST t;EATHER SOUADRO N ~1 E A! HER OES L RVEP. Ai~D L: ELI E\.'t.l~ TO :::t.. RELIABLE. Ga WEATHER Ai~D WI~ DS-ALOF T cc:~DITIOl~S AT T IiJ2 .~ .. PL .Ci. CF SIGHTING C 1) :iv~ SCAT ~ R~D HI 0 V E RC.~S T , ' ' ilSIBI(I T Y IY hi.TI TUDE Geot.. ._J i-'AG1: THH.C.:E RJFr,Hw .3A fJitiJ.A NOT REPORTED (3) SE PARAGRAPH GC l ), (4) SZE PARAGRAPH GC 1), C 5) Sit: P.~!; f;l-FPp;.,: GCll. (6) NO~E. Ha NONE I. NO~E TED AND REPCRTED NO ARICRAFT Il\ THE AREP. AND r'C ~ DAF' CC L~ TAC1 ~:I Ti~ A FOREIGN OBJECT, Kl COt~M~:riTS OF PREPARING OFFIC ! . F\ CCAPTP.I> WING IN 'ELLI G E NCE OFF I CE:H), I~ ADD! T I 0 N TO AI P.: AIR~A(-J FIRST TOWER OPERA TORS) 1iADE E:SSENTIALL't THE SA~;E CES lf.VATIC<':S. i~O CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRATJTN PY THE PREP.4Rl ~ G OFFICER XCZPT TP.AT T:1:. Jiv . SIGHTED BY l1~DIVIDUALS ON TtJO SUCCESSIVE DAYS AND C3SE4RVE:I' PT APPh.OXI i~ATELY THE SAME TINE BEARS A Lit": !TED VIR I FIC ATI 0 i'! 0 F Ti-l ~X ISTEI\CE OF UFO. SECO N D REPO~T: P . DHSCR IPT I Q\j C F 0 BJZCT: IN APPEARAt~CE. (2) ~ORE THE SIZE OF A BASK EI' BALL. C3) I~ui~E. (~) LIGHT CAI'.E ON AND OFF APPROXIMATELY SEVEN OR EIGHT Tllo: ES. PAGE FOUR RJFMHW 3A Bl DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: ( 1) WI FE SIGHTED OBJECT F 115 T AND CALLED HIS ATTE N TIO~ TO IT. (2) 45 DEGREES A "L E 0 F EL E VAT! 0 N 220 DEGRE E S AZINU T H. (3) 4.5 EEGREES ANGLE OF ELE\'ATI 0 N 40 DEGRE lS AZIIiUTH. (4) STRAIGHT AND LEVEL COURSE. C 5) FADED FR 0 M SIGHT, 1 ... -- Gh.ADUALLY TO T_HE N CRTHEAST. (6) T' ONE HALF 1 .. s c: ~1ANNER A DATE OF SIGHT IN Gl C l) 12214'!12 JULY 19 5 B. (2) N ICHT. Ea L OC AT lfJ or vBSERVERI CHANBLEY AIR BAS FRANCE 4~'N o553E. Fa IDN T IFYINC Ia.iCI'KATION ON OBStRVERSI (2) BRIDENDOLPH JUSTIN D. STAF SC T 4~ CV;.IN SQUADRON APO 87 DUTYCR YPTt OPERA TOR AND 9 E L I EV ED TO ~ E F.ELI A .' L F. G & \a;E/. THER AND WINDS ALOFT CO N DI TIONS AT TI~:E AND ? L I' C' E C F ~ IG :i T I l'' G (1) CLEAR NO CLOUDS. (~) ETAIN WEATHER REP OP. T FOR :uRRO N DIL'lG ARE~?. BY ETAI N AWS. DIRECTICN/SPEED AL T I T UI.lE. (Jr/Jv.Jti FIVE RJFMHW JA NTROL WAS CONTACTED AND REPORTED IN THE AREA AND nEPORTED NO RADAR CONTACT WITH THE OBJECTs K: SEE PRECEEDING JUL RJF~lHW ' re althtlna No. 11 Area ncar Qr nb&y, Wte.) 8S w, 4500 (Cofer area to tbe Hortb and t alao) oYer Huron at 135 ~lea alt1c VoiD@ seneral o~serYBt1oo po1oL of ~; d ees U 90 degrees West tbe.aatelltte (19j8 ) or Spu~nlk III follow.,d tne rocket por,1on b)f about 8 m1r.utea tt~ ota J')artlo"le.r t1~ Ite orbit waa abcut llS milt 'o the West or tne roc~l.t a orbit b.!t still pretty zrt~(lb in the vis1b1l!t)' rD!l&te 1.e. (11s1ble at 45 degr~es U e~.: 75 d6~reea 8C desreea W) upp~r bolt ot lov~r ~ohlta~. Altbo ~n~ direction ot tion la consistc' witb that ot ~p~tnikIII, nalt$t{ e~m~'nent ~e~ to haYe baeD utt1o1e~tl)' ~ott 'be eastrn horizoD t A e se~n 1n tbe area deaar1bo4, . CommeDt re sleJ'lt1n& tlo, 2 Datea il 1u~ 1958 Place a Nl J'rance (So N 4 E) 1958 A 1: (rocket) should have been ln the Yiet:>.t.ty or tbe eie,nting area (50 d-.grees N, 4 detza I) at 2117 Z on 11 1uly at ao altl\~e or 165 Idle trave11D& 1D a d1rsct1oo ot &:.5 degr Cap~a1D c. M1atecb A~tronauttca Branob PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Le-a AQ,.untl-Yleu .. Prol.alaly Bollaon Paaai Wy Bel loon a ... Aircraft a ProlaaWy Aircraft a Po aai W y A; rcraft a Was Aatrono111i cal a Y a Prol.aWy Aat10na111ical Civilian a PaaaiWy AstiOftOIIIical 7. LI .. TH OP OIIIIYATION L NUMBII Ofl OIJICTI t. COURII D Othar---....,._----- D lnaufflciant Data for Evaluation a Ufllcnown not iven sta ion r Parachute or balloon like obj, sta- . t .ionary. Altho very limited info, dscrip tion is of a balloon