PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Kans a s City, 3. OATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION JO Ground-Vlsuol Binoculars 0 AI,. VI suo! 7. LENGTH Oil OI!ISERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS BRIEfl SUMMARY 01" SIGHTING Round lnnti nous object size of b aseball to beachball, had appearanc e of extra bright star. AT1C I'ORM 319 (RJII!V 11\ S~P 51) 12. CONC LUSIONS Wo s B olloon P robobl y Bolloon Possibly B olloo n CrounciRoclor Wos Ail croft Probob l y Aircraft Possibly Alrcroh 0 Alrlntercept Roclor Wos Astronomi col Probobly Astronomlcol Venus Possibly Astronomleol nsufficient Ocrto fo r Evoluotlon The planet Venus was just setting at the tille of the sighting. The azi.I:luth given generally c olnc i d e s with the position o f nus . I t i s probable that the object of his s ighting was the planet Venus. PHONE CONT~CT ARE AS FOLLOWS: OMAHA REPORTS BEARING AS 160 DEGREES. ELEVATION NOT GIVEN. KANSAS CITY OBSERVATION WAS FRO~ NINE STORY BUILDING. BEARING GIVEN AS 34~ DEGREES, ELEVATION ESTI~ATED AS 3~ DEGREES OR LESS. THESE SUGGEST LARGE OBJECT, SUCH AS SALOON, AT LONG RANGE AND HIGH ALTITUDE. KANSAS CITY S I GHTING OF RADAR DEVELOP~ENT AND ANALYSI S BRANCH OF wEATHER BUREAU STATION. lOCATION OF STATION I S ~!NTH AND WALNUT STREETS. HE FURTHER REPORTS THAT ATTEMPTED CONTACT WITH WSR-57 RADAR WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. NO MOVEMENT OBSERVED. HIS EVALUATION IS THAT OBJECT WAS LARGE HIGH ALTITUDE CONSTANT-LEVEL WEATHER BALLOON, LAUNCHING SOURCE UNKNOWN. THIS IS BEST OBSERVATION AND FITS OTHER RANDOM COMMFTS. OBJECT WAS NOT HELD ON AIR DEFENSE RADAR IN THIS VICINITY. ALTHOUGH MORE SP~CIFIC DATA ON OBSERVERS CAN BE OBTAINED I S DESIRED, ABOVE COMMENTS APPEJR TO XHAUST USEFUL DATA HERE 07/23292 OCT RJWFKF CZCSQE777ZCWYA11S DZ RJWFKF 1 7G . ..- Fl~ KCADS RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB NO TO RJtoJF".\L/ADC ZtiT AFB COLO 3 OctbD LJJ 6 \l z RJ~JFKF/33ADS SAGE RICHARDS GEBAUR !\FB ~10 !ELEPHON!): ~f.J _ cj=T7 RJZDSQ/AIR TECH~.JICAL H!TELLIG~!C CEtiTER \/RIGHT P/\TTZRSON !\!='3 OHIO ~ RJZZHQ/HQ US.'\F AFCI N UASH DC RJEZHQ/SZC OF THE AI R FORCE: SAFIS HASH 2 5 DC /UIICLAS/KCI\DCC 1674 !\ DSCRIPT10Il OF OBJECT 1 EXTRA BRIGliT STAR 2 BASEBALL 3 LUL'!LIOUS B DESCRI ? TION OF COURSE 1 EIGHEOR 2 4 5 DEGREES 340 DEGREES 3 S !\~lE AS rtR2 4 STATIO~IARY 5 GR.'\DUA LL Y OF OBSERVATIOil l3 rt:OC U LARS l\t'D DATE OF SIGHTINGS E LOCATIOn OF OBSERVERS F I DE tiT I ~IFO K!\rSAS CIT'{ 2 1 KNS C.'\ELE FORENAN FOR S':l GELL TELEPHO~:::: C0:1?l\IIY PAGE T~!REE RJWFKF 17G G WX AdD tVI NOS ALOFT A SURF 080 DEG 4K G 8CCOO ti/A ~l/!\ J ~Ill\ HX 8/\LLON LAU~lCHED 1\T TOE 01/1631l OCT RJWFKF Sd!OR COdTROLLER ?.J~DSQ/URIGHT PATT~RS0t~-AF~ O!HO ./ :?JEZHQ/SECRET/\RY OF THZ AlP. FORCZ HASH DC f, DZSCiUPTIO~: OF OGJZCTS ~ u~SCRIPTION OF COURSE l ?f?.SCi.hL Cll ... S.::iiVATIOI~ 4 STATIOf./,;:~ :.: LOCATI Oi: CF 0 BSZRVERS -Ill I~V 6ECURITY CLASSIFIC I "' J OINT MESSAGEFORM UN CLASS IF'IED SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATIO N C ENTER PRECEDENCE TYPE MSG (C~ck) ACCOUNTING I!IRIG. OR REFER S TO CLASiiiFICATION ACTION nvv .._.,.._. OOOK MUL.T I SINGL.E: RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB, MO /UNCLAS/FROI-1:: AFCIN-4E2x / 0 -J_ 95'3 - C - KCADCC 1675 KCADCC 1674 KCADS, YO'JR NSG KCADCC 1674 AND KCADCC 1675, DTD 1 OCT 60, WHAT WAS THE TL1E AND DATE OF TH8 SIGHTING BY HR NISS HERO :LCX;A'i'ED? '.mAT T [i1E ~lAS THE BAI.I.OON LAUNCHED A'i' TOE? RZQ TOE FURNISH THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE BALLOON, 1'YP& OF EQUIPMENT ARRflo:o , PLUS THE DURA'riON OF THE FLIGFIT AND ALTITUDE REACHEJJ BY THE B,l.I.LWN. & I GNATURE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS E T YP0 ~Jf"mped) NAME A ND TITLE / :;&CURITY r ; ,,.,..,,J"ICATIO N UNCLASSTF t &D ::Japuty .fur ..:icianca .:ltld Co'Tloonerrt.s REPLACE& D O F ORM 173, I OCT 49. WHICH WILL B E USEO UNTIL. EXHAUST E D P/\GE TH:1Zt: RJ~vFKF l6G STUD;::I.T S ~;:r C~ CCL T:10 LLZR NTTCZCSQE631ZCWYD582 DE RJWFi<F 41G R 0717!a0Z ZEX FM KCADS M RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO ----- TO RJEDSC/AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CEN WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ----~ RJEZHO/HQ USAF AFCIN ~ASH D C ;UNCLAS/FROM KCODC-C 1707. FOR AFCIN AT USAF AND AT INTElliGENCE CENTER. REFERENCE AFCIN-4E2~X~1~0 -- SIGHTING BY MR. WAS REPORTED AS 01/0 03~7. LOCATION OF t1IS AS DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. SUBSEQUENT CONVER- SATIONS WITH OTHER OBSERVERS INDICATE S I GHTING$ FROM WICHITA, TOPEKA, KANSAS CITY AND OMAHA ALONG SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST COURSE. TOPEKA W~ATHER DOUBTS THAT ANY LAUNCHINGS FROM THAT LOCATION COULD MEET THIS DESCRIPTION. WITH EXCEPTIONS NOTED, THESE REPORTS WERE NOT LOGGED AS TO NAM EXACT LOCATION OR TI~ES, BUT ARE FOR~ARDED FOR POSSIBLE USE. TWO ADDITIONAL REPORT FROM ? AGE TWO RJWFKF 41G