PROJ ECT 10073 RECORD C/~:?.0 '2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION'; 0 Was Ball oon 1 0 Pos!:i~ly B alloon ~. OATE TI-'E CSlJUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Cround Vi " uol .CJ:.~round-Rodar 0 Air-Vi ::vol 0 Air- lntercJpt Radar 0 Was Aircraft 0 P ro b obi y Ai rcroft 0 Pos~i bly .A.ir c r oft s. PHoros; - 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical n No :l.i Litarv 0 Probably A:~tronomical 0 Possibly Astronomica l 1. LENGTH Oi= OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER o;: OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other ------ 0 lnsuffi eient Ooto lor Evaluation Tlu.ee L '--'.1' in trail painted \. n FJ~I lil:~ :c:;n:mdn An anJ.2..y i ... f ":!.nd . a]; J:f':, tTack p:~n. r~-.::cn1ed a t 70~ I r: "\~ IL .. Ltlute . d:tlcctlo~:l ~:. d i ~t~n~e . ,.v ~reel i41J.it:3.t-:!S ATIC FO!Ut .S~ (REV :Z6 SJtP 52) No Casa (Information Only) Oakland-Freemont a rea, Calif No Casa (Information Only) 10 December 1959 Cannan, Connecticut No Case (Information Only) WOMeN s MISSII.a SHA,.SO U~ 10 December 1963 Willoughby, Ohio r\n .Jb}ect daenb.!<i u ~mbliniJ 1 1 . J ilve-r pencil mth fins'' .,., obst!rved Ov{!r Wil..lougbby, Ohio-on Th~aY. 1'!.. n ceo t>et" by J(n. Hon-.ld T. t::ifiidy ..tnd f ..JO 1il!1~ hoo wiv~. .\ln. UuDdy ~<~id t!:t:r e w u !l :oud W\l:ld like .a dap of :uodu. but r.oth.1ng like the WIU:tl:.>Onjc bfl",ms ~ard 1n lbe are. ~ mooD .vas m:t. 3ntl the time,.u 3 p. m. Tilree jets tn t ne RLt' l~red al about the ume (:n!! Ul.u 1.he ~oJect d~ but tht!Y were :1 'l)ovt:l it and northbound. ibe ()Ojeet. \ ~ ,:\dt!d e3llt. :dwn straigbt up ~ dis :-n:ear~l. Leaving a trsH of orange-like No Case (Information Only) WOM.N Sa. MISSU.a. SH.l,.~O IJ~O .\:\ Jbjed ~ :~a ~moan. .t ulv~ ~L'11 -;with ims'' -v:u obsened OoJ"! r Willoughby, Obio-oa Thunday, l.q P ceou~ hy ..d"l'$. Hon:tld T: t.Wiay Jnd f,~() 1an.-r bou~:wlves. :-.rn. Uundy <tid lla: r e w u t.a llJud sou:ltJ lilce :& d~p of t~uod~r. but c;othlng llke the WJUal :ronic h.,.,rns \Jeard Ja the are11. ~ moon .vat , ut ~nd r.be timi!'W'U 5 p. m . 'T'bne jets rn tne tu.r l~4UeG at aOt>tlt the ume t :"1'.! Lilat t.h.e OOJect aid, o ut tht.!Y were :!"-ovot 1t ~nd ~bound. The oGjecl, 1!\:lded eut. dwn stni~bt 'J'P ~ dis- .... 1~ared. leanng a tr~Jl ol Of'ange-like 10 December 1963 Willoughby, Ohio No Case (Information Only) 16 Dsce mber 1939 Junction, Te .:<as TEXAN 'l'HINKS H SAW WORLD'S LARGEST, LOSt BALLOON L!AD RAPID CITY (Ali3) . I JUNCTION, To., DEC. 15.--<UPI/--GEORGE DONNEl.Lf A SAd A~TOtiiO TlfltD PUBLIC ACCOUNTAN1, ~AS DR!VING NEAR JUNC ION LAST NIGHT :JHZ.'l HE SA'.i SOMETHING IN THE SKY THAT MADE Hl~l SIT STRAIGHT UP I~; HlS! CAR S AT . lT WAS A HUGE:, OBLONG SHAPE: AND DO~NELL DESCRIBED IT LIKE THIS~ / w-HATE\1 ER I SAW WAS 14 TO l' TIMES LARGER THAN T.HE Bl G ~EST STAR l N . r-LOST SIGHT OF IT IN THE OVERCAST BEFORE I COULD TELL ~HAT IT REALLY WAS. BUT IT WAS YLOAT!NG SLOWLY AT ABOUT A 4'DGREE ANGLE. M I DONNELL HAD HEARD ON HIS RADIO THAT THE WORLD'S LARGEST D~LLOON 1 AND A BRILLIANT ORANGE .AND W Hl TE ?ARACHUT, YR FEET I tL Dl A METER, GOT ; : LOST MONDAY AT RAPID Cl TY, S.D. . j SO DONNELl. CALLED THi: WEATHE!1 BURE.~U AS SOON AS Hi: GOT HOME. . J UNCTION, WHERE. HE SAW THE SHAPE IN THE SKY, IS IN SOUTH'.WEST TEXAS, 1 26J MILES fROM THE N~ MEXICO BORDER. ' - .. ! SANANTONIO MTI:OROLOGlSTS CHECKD WIND DIRECTIOtiS A~JD. SAID Ji i COULD HAV t SEEN A BALLC'ON OR P~RAC HUTE. THt:Y ALSO SAI D THl: '#I ND ~ / ::OULD Ht\V CARRIED IT INTO N~ L'1S<ICO. . : I No Case (Information Only) 16 December 1959 Rapid City, South Dakota woRLD'S LARGEST BALtooN ctrs LosT oN MAIIn::~ FLIGHT , J RA?ID CITY, s.D. DEC. 16--<UPi)--"IT SHOULD H.~VE BEL'\l A GqRGtOUS SI ~HT " THt NAVY S?O!<ES:-!AN MUStD. _ . I ANb~lT .. 1'ROBABLY liiAS.t_If ANYBODY SAW I1---A 6Rl-l..Ll .. ~NT oaANGZ F\;W \ ::JHl T! PARACKUTZ '4 FEU IN DlAMtTE.'t, PL.ACI DLY ft .. OA n NC L\HTrfiJI\P.D ~ ~OM WHD! THE WORLD'S LARGtsT BALLOON WAS PLl\ClDL.Y LOST. l AT LEAST i:V::RYBODY THINKS Tli~ PAR.~CHU1E il.OATZD E..-\RTHW.~RD UI TH i \ .PAYLOAD Oi COSMIC RAY ML'\SURING EQUIPMENT Yi:STnlDAY. SDHE1JHEI<:Z I N . i ~I:t~I?: tg~l; NC6R~'~L T Atr:NHi I ip RLD 'S MOST . . ij GORCI01JS PARACHUTE GOT LOST; .1 MONDAY-LJ\UNCHIDI ONl: BALLOON TALLER TH ... \N .3..1.--5TORY R!<O BUILDING IN - Nr. YORK, YROM RAPID CITY. MISSION: TO GO UP TO 120,JQO Fi:tT AND ; ;oM! aACK DOWN TUI'SDAY YITHOU1 GE.T!lNG LOST. _ . _ . ~ LOST& ONE BALLOOM 'l11 it!T LONG AND ~0 fEET !N DIAM1:TL~ CARRYING ~. 1 ;800-POUND. LOAD or ~Al.LAST AND SCIENTlflC_!QUIPMENT. LOCATiON& OVZR "J!:SRASKA.: LOSI!ll ONE NAVY T~ACKlNG PLAN! i'O~CtD DOWN IN BAD 'WEA1"HL'1~ } TUISDAY--9ALLOON, M.\Dt 9i. PLASTIC 1!l,OQO OF AN ldCH THICK, ; ~UIJ:VtD DRIFTING OVDt JULll>BUflG COLO. tU\'1Y PLAN! GtTS INTO AlR . . \ G.AIN AT NORTH Pl.ATTt, NEB., SEAkCHD FOR i\NYTH!NG RES~1BL1NG NI:~ ; '.:'ORK'S RXO aUUDING. NO LUC~<. . l RI:SUl.TS PLAN! UNABl.t TrtlGGZR . ..\ t1EC'{r\NlSi1 TO RJ:LY..;,Sr. BALLOOl l ?.\YLOAD :"~ADAR TECHNlClANS UtL\8'LE K!:Z? 'fRACK OF BALLOON ~lTHOUT PL ,i\NZ. CONTACT~ . f TH~r~R~!M~At iiDAY g E rt s fLOATS : E-l\RTri:~AP.~ . ;;;OME'.MHD IN Gl)Lf S.T,\lLS, tHULE l.:IORLD'S LA~G:tsT BALLOON SILENTLY fOI.DS U? ITS PLASnc BAG AND SNEAKS EARTH~JARD, OR SO OffiCIALS BELlEVZ. -A SPOKESMAN FOR HINZEN RESEARCH co, ~UNNEAPOUS! MINN., DES! GNEf~S ! OF THE BALLOON, SAID T1U: BALl.OQN CONTAINl:D A1JTOMArflC ntvlCts \HUCH . j '10ULD HAVE CUT TH% PAYLOAD LOOSt AT 1 P.I~. YESTERDAY ; THE BALLOON WOULD HAVE L.ANDI:D ABOUT !0 Ml LES FROU TH:t PAYLOAD o 'IT'S MORE THAN LIK!LY IN A REMOTE SPOT~" SAID THE NAVY SPOK 1 .\N. ~1 T'S NOT CRITICAL \iE GET Tlt PAYLOAD Bf\.CK_t~ . HE ADDED t BUT U.E '.}OULD UXE IT 1'0 FILL TH BLANK SPOTS IN OUR lJATA. wE'VE AAD INSTANCES ~HDt THt INSTRUMEMTS ARE nETURNED INTACT ! ~!ONTHS AftO THl:Y LAND, HE SAID. TiU>PLAS!lC IS USUALLY USED BY SOr1E I / .. UL''1Dl TO COVER HIS HA'!STACXo lT HAS NO FUR!liER lJSE TO u'Sot:~ NAVY OFFI Cl Al.S SAl D T}tf. PlJRPCS E OT THt FU GHT th\S TO TZ..S 1 TXE .-z.tSlBILlT?OF USING A B~LLOON OF SUCH Sl2:: 10 l~!:i'T ~iS:.VJY !i.STRU~iZ.'JT : JADS IN OP!R!MENTS IN 'TH~ CARlBSZAN NLXT SU~1i1ZR. r;u: NAVY D~DN' r C0t-1i-1~1T ON T~t i'EAS I B! Ll'TY Ol' USl NG B Al.J..OO~lS 1 HAT AS FOR TH:t ?U GKT or 1'1t}: t~ORLD 'S LARCi:S T BALLOON j ~CC~SFUt, 7HZ NAVY SAID~ . (Information Only) 17 December 1959 Fulton, ~iss1ss~pp~ 31-S TOE Y Llil S .. UP r\S P:i~T j Y Ti-\ E l T h I US TR U C TI 0 >~S :lOTI FYI NG No Case (Information Only) 22 December 1959 Oal<d~lo, California ~OWl..~APeD 08J&CT H"f C~JitTUL OLIJSORNJA Jt , .:S ol Oail:ua'le. \..~ . was Unn.l( m : 1~ vton1ty ut Cl:lnbel Rod nod Me P mr1 .wenue wbeo h e Jpoc.ted R ''bowJ. I ,,,.Pi'" ?bjeet eomJn~ &,wn out oi the 1 l"~OtJd3 :.tJ'WlU'ti rum. H~ estimated tb ' fiNQfJ iJ " tboUt 2,lAJ0 !eet Whf'D b~ ~:nt ~;a,. <t. lt.a coiot" wu brixht oun;;(e. : ! cir:n Je lbou~t it !Z11ibt h~ vtt been .; n ,Jec:t.loo oi t~ moon but remem~r~l J.:~: er :,at ..he :nooo 'ildn"t rts~ unut . >ut t :JI) 3.m. The "bjed drop~ to ~: out.. ...0 :eec :.bove the ro<~l a nd w:." thru,;n~ ~ .ttt.il~lon on the ro"d :so ~pig_ht .h~t Undsl~y could ~ both !lidP.~ vf :,e <OM~ tand tlte ~ "~f'Y clearly. l!e ':-lid :t -cay~ do~ neat th~ ~td ~r ;:.Wlt twv muU.a.te:f, thea ~ot back tto lftto the air. I.ind&le)'. WlllU'red, ~d