PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2 . LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 27 Feb 61 Bark River, Michigan o Probably Balloon Pos si bl Y Balloon Locol. 2215 ~ ~ _.Vi I C GroundRador Was Aircraft . --vrouna-sua 0 Probably Aircraft PossiblY Aircraft 5. .lOTOS 6. D Was Astronomical 0 ProboWy Astronomical Civil~ C Possibly Astronomical I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS ~9.-C-O-U-RS-E-----t D Other f./,i)/Oc~1/A :1) 7. LENGTH Opt.OISERVATION _0 Insufficient Dato fer Evaluation -19 Unlc no wn 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OP SIGHTINGROttrin fiery .~,-c;:d. ob~it 11. COMMENTSDescription ob,it 15 5 about size of a grapefruit. Light rays to that of a fireball, except that it appeared to be projected ahead of objt. projected light rays ahead of it and Sighted--aprox elevation 20, azimuth 270. pEII duration was much too long. Objt was Disappeared 0' elevation, 360 azimuth. Mov~ apparently stationary for a few mjnutes, N verJ slowly. Disappeared behind some trees. then it bagan to move NE. No a/c in area. No air intercept attempted. Report is evaluated "Unidentikd" until such time that further info is received that will aid in identification. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) . (~ t>!PARTM!NT 0,. TH! Am fOR.C! STAFF MESSAGE OIVISIO._ ACTION: CIN-14 OOP-2, ooP-CP1 KZCHQC770ZCY JA55 1 .. PP RJEZHQ FM COMDR SSMADS K I SA\~YER AFB MICH TO RJ\iFAW/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGNECE CENTER \~PA FB OHIO RJEZYQ/HQ USAF AFCIN \~ASH DC RJEZHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AF SAFIS WASH DC RJEDAH/COMDR 3~TH ADIV SAGE TRUAX FLO WISC UNCLAS SSOIN 03-U-61-001 UFO REPORT 2. ABOUT T~ SIZE OF A GRAPEFRUIT 3. FIREY RED 6. LIGHT RAYS APPEARED TO BE PROJECTED AHEAD OF THE OBJECT 7. NO TAIL OR EXHAUST 8. NO SOUND HEARD, 09SERVATION WAS MADE FROM INSIDE OF HOUSE rl!PARTM!Nr OP M AmFORC! STAFf MESSAGE DIVISfO~ UNQ~ND ~fS.'-'GI PAGE TWO RJEDGS 5 9. IT WAS FIREY RED EXPLAINED TO BE SIMILAR TO FLAMES 1. THE DOG BEGAN TO BARK, HOWLING ALSO, MRS t-.tENt'' T 0 THE WINDOW TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG, AS SOON AS SHED APPROACHED THE WINDOW SHE SIGHTED THE BRIGHT FIR~ BALL, SHE THEN CALLED HER SIXTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO CONFIRM WHAT SHE HAD SEEN 2. APPROXIMATE ELEVATION 20 DEGREES AZIMUTH 27~ DEGREES 3. APPROXIMATELYS~ DEGREES ELEVATION & 350 AZIMUTH AND HER DAUGHTER t,-JATCHED IT FOR A'~HILE ASSTHEY THOUGHT IT WAS STATIONARY, IT WAS NOT UNTIL THEYSHAD WATCHED TI FOR A FEW MINUTES THAT THEY NOTICED IT WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY IT MOVED NORTHWARD AND DOWN MRSSLAPALM STATED THAT IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND SOME TREES. 5. IT WASSFIRST SIGHTED IN THE WEST AND DISAPPEARD TO THE 6. ABOUT TEN MINUTES ' 1. NAKED EYE il'fPARTM!NT Oflr .THE AJ", FORC1 STAFF MESSAGE OJVISIO.- UNO "'AAPIS) t.t!S ... G. PAGETHREE RJEDGS 5 NORTH ~8721 HOUSEWIFE, RELIABILITY UNKNOWN ESCANABA RTE 1 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RELIABILITY UNKNO~N G. 1. BLUE SKY AWL STARS VISIBLE 7. 0 DEGREES-15,000 MINUS 2 DEGREES PER 1,000 FOOT Dt?ARTM!NT OF. M A1R. FORC! STAFF MESSAGE DIVISIO~ UNOASSifltt M!SSAG' PAGE FOUR RJEDGS 5 15,000-300,000 MINUSS1.5 DEGREES PER 1000 FOOT J. NO TRAFFIC IN THE AREA Ke A CHECK WASSMADE WITH LOCAL FIGHTER SQUADRONS AND THE RADAR BOMBING SITE AZ IRONWOOD MICH. TO DEZERM INE t4HETHER ANY A I R CRAFT WERE IN THE AIR AT APPROXIMATELY T~ TIME OF INCIDENT IT APPEARS THAT NO AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE SAME AREA AT THE GIVEN TIME. IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AN AIRCRAFT FROM THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN AS IT ~lAS MOVING VERY SLOt,aJLY FURTHER JET EX- HAUSTS AREV VISIBLE FROM SHORT DISTANCES ONLY AND IF THIS tIERE SO THE NOISE WOULD HAVESBEEN HEARD EVEN THOUGH T~E OBSERVERS '~ERE INSIDE ASBUILDING. POSSIBLE IDENTITY IS t.}IKNO\~N. , 01/1424Z MAR RJEDGS