PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION ' 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wn ~ Balloon DATETl~E CROUP 7. I.ENCTH OF OoS!:RVATION ATtC 1:10PM J:9 (REV 26 SEP 52) 0 Ground Vi .suol 0 CroundRodor 0 Air-Vi :;ual 0 Air-lntnrce,.,t R c.Jor 8. NUMBE R OF Ot3JECTS Was Aircraft Probobly Aircroft Po HiLly Ai rcrnft Wos A~tronomi col \ ( ) ; Probo bl y A:.tronomicol Po s..i bly A5tronomiccl In ~u ffi dent Oct a for Evol uati o n S~13JEC'l':. UFOs. !0: . ATIC, W~ht-F&tter~)~ A?3, Ohio 1. ~ere ha.Ye. bear. or L"F045 in the wer. re:a.~ed 2., . ~he ~ighticg o: 9 Jan'.lA ry W3.s made bT }iAjcr ~&rrer. ~l "s~ and K&Jo:" Dorld P. Taylor 33 tr~y-prcee~ed !~!11 tne a!"'1!a c! Alt'.4.J l.?E, Ok to 3he?P&rd .olF2 Tex.'s (s~!e At.eh il). Major~ Al.Xen Taylvr s~pear te be h:ghl7 rliacle scurees. MaJor en r~s ha~ :ucn axperi- ence i."l invest!gat:lng UF.O, ao his conclusion, t.hat th object ~ cbsen~ va p.roeabl7 a at.or1t. or a pieee o! r":)eket or S4te!.l1!~ ent,1!ri~ t:1e Mrth on an orbital path, &pp.!&rs to C. sounl. Nc otner s!g!'lU!':g~ o! t.~.is object. were reported. 3. Reference aT NSI4le o! l3 J&.nualy TAl702A concernl.r..g 10 Jan~n .si~htlng. M.an7 grou...,d light.ings correlate ly in the dl!!ert t1on a.m the F4 th o! the cb ject. ~1 g:.ted by ~.r. 3-!Yj ~. in the aircraft, (s .. Atc!'l 12 L"\d 13); ~t., sin:e t~se nport.a ~" ' ived b7 t.he of!1ees cf loe4l news DAadia, t.he pari...,g oC!icer waa able tain only two dt!"llessee' na:aea. The test..llOOr~ obta.ined : ~ho i$ :on~idered ~liable, ver1!ie~ u~ques~ion- ab~ the description and pat.n of the object sighted !rom tht) U:-eratt ( Ateh #4). The cause arA ider.~ity of this object ~n unaeter= 4. The 11 Januaey sighting vas reported b1 Mn. ..tlos.e . juq..nt.. ud rel!.abl.li~7 se queat.ionab.le. It ia earrt. that this i&ht.iDC took pl&ce on the d.ay that, the local paper headlined the 10 .Januar.r ajgbting. Mrs seemed overl1 ins1st.ent. t~ t. she aav tha atrar~ objet ( ~ Ateh 15) and sl"A described it as :tgar shaped, ~:-. wueh-u~ed descripti"n !or L70a. She lett the s!.~ht.ir-& urily t.o get. her hu~d to t.he object, &:xi \!~hen t.hey obaeMed sk.y toge~hltr r.ait.~er ooe s~w the object-. ~.l~t..er_, :lO ot...'ler pe:.-~or-....!9 :-ep()rt.f!d seeing this objeet,J wmeh se.u ur.1jkal 1 i! it hcve ln t'-:e 5q !or .30 L"r\lt.es on~ a !ew ailes aw:&y. It u the pre;.an o!f1.eeri s ~onelua~on that the obJeet ~s an illuaion; or that ~r3. va s !eeic:i~ p1blieit7 prog:-ame r ar.d weatr.etxan ! o r JJ.X.-rv, 'Niehit& e saw an e..:(t~el;r bright. cb~e:-:t :.n tne 3C\.!th-. Hunt~r) Ck l AhCC& to Frederick, c~l \!e .~ teh 16) .M.r jud er.t. a..-1c ~li.t.bili t.y 'e .a n.!.~h., !!"lere ~r-os -c other ~?Orted signtings ell' t~i~ oo"~ct. The pr-,~12::: ')r~ :~..,:-1 3 .. Able t.o es't!'la~e t.te e&~ ~ o r ident.ity c f :ni~ ob~ ... e Ja..~uary !"t-.A a.pprox:.mately 03 15Z t o iippron:na~:~7 ~J30Z and other e:tployeee o! X...~-'n s:.g!:t. ~l fr::m t.r. e th et. er..d ot w1ehit& F~llt) an o vj~.:t-at. -l~wt .:~co and 100 t the horia.on. 'rhe ob~ect. appeAred t.~ .-ae :J.s ~ne ..,n., s~t.ed l.l. Jacnry (se., Atch 16), e.xee~ tr.at it~..! ~ot en1t & ~Ji glov at i.?ltertals. The pre~ of !1eer is \l!'.aba to det.e: -i:.e ::-w C&UM or ident.!t.7 of t.he 'JO j ect St.tt ... nt 3t.at ... nt -.I. I Jio I