PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Bolloon 2 ;arch 19 1 l~llette, South Dakota o P ro bobly Bolloon Po ui bl y Bol l oon ' 0 Wos Astronomicol 1. LENGTH Of' OIIUVATION I. NUMIIEIIt opr OBJIECTS t. COURSI! 10. BAII!fJ SUMMARY OfJ SICHT1NO 11. COMMENTS a Probobl y AstroMmlcol 0 Possibly Astronomlcol OthorUnre::!.i ~bl e 0 Insufficient Oeto f.r Evoluotion 0 Unlcno_.. Ltr to Secy of Defense a s k ing for action , Witness pr obably saw something and ids- ag:linst flying zaucer s that are shooting dm.m torted her i;::rpressions into abov e tale. out planes and killing our Gons . ~o j et s Duration of ov er one hour for the sight- were a~tacked by saucers 5 of her fare. See~ ingJ earlier l n month are pr obably re- them all tjme, ust~lly from 7:45 p~ to 8:50 fraction of n~tronocical bodies. Any- rrl. T~night they '"'ere earl y . o e ncounter thing this lndy sees in air and cannot with j ets. J\fter wUpposed attack on jets by i~en~ify i G a ~aucer. Si~tlngs include; ~auce::-s, jets '!.brew i n afterburner and e~ !-M l o f Venus , ;:ar 2 In:sufficient ~ta Ob..;er-.ra.tion of pr~ceding ve niog with l'""U'ovnrt-: Br 10 V ... nu.;;. Uo report.:; of mu .. hroo:::t tF~n3it. Alao r~rted zeeing ntomic b l ast cloud~; no reporta from a/c were \ rxoom cloudJ rcceivPd. 4T1C PO"W J H (IIUtV ,. at~P 51) U F 0 ANALYS~ SHEET DATE 28 l:arch, 1961 DATE TIME GROUP LOCAL 1845=1910 Hellette, South D::tB:ota PHOTO YES NO XX PHYSICAL S?ECIMEN YES NO :XX SOURCE MILITARY CIVILIAN _ XX_ TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~li'O~a SJ:~el l:.t Tr NUMBER OF OBJECTS One COURSE Not Giv SATELLITE: IN ORBIT: VERIFY YES: NO: DECAY: Ruled Out AIRCRAFT N/A Duration too long BALLOON -~1/A fiul ed out; due to mo~ion INSUFFICIENT DATA No location speed etc r,iv~. OTHER ----'D=istortion of n 0:r-nal object s by obs~rve_!':_ ------------ REFLECTION N_;;:o'---- INVERSION PRESENT Poss PHOTO At~AL YSIS LENTICULAR CLOUD PHYSICAL SPECIMEN ANALYSIS------ BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Lotter to Secy of Defense asking for action against 1'.h.$ Uying s.~ucers that are shootmg down our planes and kj) 1 img our ":::;ons '' Described incident ... lhere two jets we r e attacked b,y.~bsse saucers south of her.rfarm. 558 sees them a l l the time, usual} f rom 7:45 PH until 8 : 50PH;.-JlONeYJJr ~onight they were early so t~r~ encotmte r with the jets. After~ supposed attack ~ jet~ by""'tll1t sauceij tt' jets thre w in aft.erbumd r and escaped. Observa tion on precceding evening !!& with surveyors transit. Occasionally they h~ve light s that go on and off. She also reports what appe.:~.::-ea to her to be sa atomic blast in early mrch to the Np;rUI. of her location. (mushroom cloud). EVALUATION CASE CATEGORY. CONCLUSIO~: Hitnes.l probably sa"N s omething and diotorted hor impressions i.'lto ~.:;.-q; abov s tale . ~ dur'ltion of over one hour for th~ si.ghtin~s earlier in~ month are p robably rofr'\cti.on of astronomical bodies. A.l'lythlng that this lady sees in the air \lhich 10 of 'lcnu3. ~gJdr =c'ill~ No reports of r.tUshroo:n clouds;o no reports from A/C I t.,9re r ... ccived. Assuming that any A/t!. "'ould report action such as the lady describro ) this ens~ is classed a s an unreliabl~.:: reoort.