PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 15 Jan 61 Holt, Minnesota o Proltat.ly Balloon Local-1900 ~ Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar Wos Aircraft 0 P roltaltl y Aircraft G~M~T~?l l Z O AI~V_f o_A_ir_l_nt rc Pt_R_ad_a_r_,o PossiWy Aircraft S. 'PHvloi ,,0 Was Astronomical Me-Tee~ D Ye u PraltaWy Astronomical XI No Civilian 0 Pouiltly Astronomical 7. LENGTH Ofl .OISI!IVATION I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other----- -- . . 0 Insufficient D.to fer E"oluation 0 UnlcnoWft 10. IRII!fl SUMMARY Ofl SICHTINORound, blue-w~ite obje\,;t 11. COMMEMTSSeveral reports received this size of basketball. No sound heard. Appeared month from several parts of the country, !to break-~ into several small chunks of ixx all very similar to this one. The hln -white light just prior to disappearing. earth is passing through several meteor No estjmate of elevation. Light first appeared showers this month. Object observed by directly over auto and was first seen at an these witnesses was probably a meteor A C! imuth of 210 going away from observer. that burned out before reaching the !Disappeared at an azimuth of 210; again no earth's ourface. est1nate of elevation. Flew in a straight line on 210 heading disappearing before it reached ATIC PORM 329 (RBV 26 SllP 52) D!PARTM!NT Ofl M A~ POc:! STAFf MESSAGI DIVISION NNNN SMD C 24 7 ~ CHQA205ZCYJF42 RR RJEZHQ . FM COMDR 692ND RADRON BAUDETTE AFS MINNESOTA TO RJWFAL/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AF9 COLORADO RJWZGU/COMDR 29TH ADIV r~ALMSTROM AFB MONTANA RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT-PATT AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC RJEZHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC UNCLAS/692-0AC 38. UFO, A. (1) ROUND (2) SIZE OF BASKETBALL C3> BLUE-WHITE C4> ONE C5> N/A (6) A VERY BRIGHT BALL OF ,BLUE WHITE LIGHT C7> N/A (8) NO SOUND WAS HEARD C9> APPEARED TO BREAK-UP INTO SEVERAL SMALL CHUNKS OF BLUE-WHITE LIGHT JUST PRIOR TO DISAPPEAR lNG. B. C 1 > THE WHOLE coUNTRY SIDE SEEMED TO LIGHT-UP MAKING THIS AtJrOMOBILE HEAD LIGHTS APPEAR DIMo (2) NO ESTIMATE OF ELEVATION> LIGHT FIRST APPEARED DIRECTLY OVER AUTO AND WAS FIRST SEEN AT AN AZIMUTH OF 210 DEGREES GOING AWAY FROM OBSERVERo (3) NO ESTIMATE OF ELEVATIONo DISAPPEARED AT AN AZit1UTH OF 210 DEGREESa C4) FLEW IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON 210 DEGREE ~EADING DISAPPEARING BEFORE Q!1tARTM~ Of' Ant 1101te! STAff MESSGE DMSION ~a SSIPI!D MW4GI I N -C 0 M I N G Page 2 or 2 PAGE TWO RJEDDUD 1 IT REACHED THE HORIZON. (5) APPEARED TO BREAK. INTO Sr1ALL CHUNKS OF BLUE-WHITE LIGHT THEN DISAPPEARED AS IF LIGHT HAD BEEN SHUT OFF 9Y A SWITCH . C6) 2 SECONDS. Co (1) GROUND/VISUAL (2) N/A C3> N/A D. C1> 16/0100Z (2) NIGHT E. IN PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE HEADING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 32. JUST ENTERING HOLT, MINNESOTA. Fo (1) MRo , AGE 52, ADDRESS, BAUDETTE, MINNESOTA. FIXED STATION AIR BASE OPERATOR AND PILOT WITH 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE CONSIDERED VERY RELIABLE SOURCEo FOUR PASSENGERS OF SAME AUTO VERIFIED THE INCIDENT. G. Cl> VERY CLEAN NIGHT VISIABILITY DEGREES-30 KNTS, 30 DEGREES-20 KNTS, 80 000 NOT AVAILABLE. (3) NONE (4) UNLIMITED C5) T\~0 TENTHS COVERAGE (6) NONE (7) 5 DEGREES 2 PTS MINUS 1~ H. NONE I. NONE Jo NONE K. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, PRELIMINARY AND FINAL INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED NO INFORMATION AS TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE OR IDENTIFY OF OBJECT. L. NONE 18/2212Z JAN RJEDD UD