P'10J2CT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Ground Vi 'uol 0 Cround-R dar 12. CONC!...USIOIH Wrn D?lloon Probobl1 3olloon Po ui bly s .... lt >On 0 ''i.,, Alrc:r oft 0 P rol>ool y Ai rc:r o h 0 PoHibly Alrc:rafr 0 Wn ., A.,tronomi cal 0 P ro\)obly A1ot ronomic:ol , . Cl Pn albly 11-,tronatnoc:?l /. LCt.CT'" o;:: OJ.>~RVATION 8. NUM'1i:R OF OJJECTS 0 ln~uflic: nl Dora for tvolvolt'ln 0 Unlc no"'" r j u ~ ~rior tc r "c' t Ft:bli: I 1fon:::..ti0n D.:."7l .lo!'l. concor:1i 10 .~() c lloon ;n.J sis"t.:'c~d over : o-::Jhl3 t r.>r.t t~ml o:~r "-chvillc t.l'19. -lile o. local :v Gt".tll>l.n 01 ='loJee 'JO..il ti vely .!..dv .. ~tL.'l'30.. the r c~ .... eJ -o1l tivelJ i~3~tlf'.!...-rl t~1e object as r.o t be.'..""'3 ~ cor:ve-.:..tlo~l u ... lloon. cov~d t~i~ ~ista.~e ~n t~o 2 ,1our ~eriol 'Ti.d? I :ould. c. ?reC~-ta yo'.J..r co .:l9~t.. ut;h o:U.y Yovra truly, .,r-,,1 ~ri::an \i:::et'~nsd Co.TJ::n.":d." 1 ~c"tted " ~->lor-do ~rir..rp, 1 x; O'T'!Jr:f of J7. ones or.des n.. "'rl :M.i C3 cr.de.:s )z-P..:aon ... onr.es3~Q 'luhvi\,.o IIIII t 't" b r ill..,.ntl v Tcnnosse?.n photo g r r~phcd hi-u ., of r.n r.lt i t uc" u the l :cnph.i.o H!\v~l 'IiiE ~;zc; TIV,t; l/TIIL BZ RE/!'' .... 'R~GD . '!qWt&t :?o":' UFO AnJ ;rg13 :rq t)SA.'? -:AFOI 3e (!~JO".(" Colelll'n) ,lasbin~on 25, D. c 'J'! a W'O and r-2quest .. "6 the nnHlysis of u..,.;.i.;: ~,al that the sighting I"e'l'Orted by Y.r. . \:1B, Tenoesoee, 28 )iay 1961. re1om-t. !ng th..? s1z!lti'l:l8 check of cur f!l~s r~ wao repo!' ~ed '"I:J:r Se~ "?. _;acJcs Creek ?.ad1o. ~oc.a.ted about 93 n:l.Utical :tiles 3Cuth'.res t a :ra .shrilla, reported t!lst a oalloon .ms at oi.;ll altitl'de ~beast ot ;heir location. A loca.l ':IV station ~l<TJ"~e ;ratctcd Clc object through ~ teleacope and pooitivel;r identifi~ t!le coject o.s a. bal.l~on vi"t!l. a ".xlX umerneath attached to a cable. Jhen the sun ns t2r cno~ belo-J ~!11! horizon, tho obJ'1c-c :>S-SG~ into tr..e earth' a shadow; ~hc.:1 it cculd =.a longer be se~n. 'l'..ro ~Ia"7Y pilot3 ~he o bJect and Judged !t. to be a bal 1 oon. 3. .\TIC !:-s conclu.i~d the object -.ms probably t~e high altitude ba1lc .... n r e'pGI'te d by Jacks Creek Radio. '!!lis con..:l.usioa ls a\Wsbntiatc d by the- !"act that one ground cbacrve r {aad ~;.ro Zlnvy pilot:!>) dcf1n1~el:l .id .. :mtif!- d !~ as a balloon. :OORDI:l.~IC~: lD Jun 61, ,1 .'i&~ ~-'?~!.tt.o!"son .\1r :rorce Buoe ..,tr~ :...:~lc .. ir Defcr..se Cor:!.:C.nd i:l Colol' do 8p:"'l~lg'3 k:n3,., ro c:t.L ; aLout ~OC'9 !'o-=ar ... ir ?o"!"~e r:-2n cuid lt loo'0d t,:, t::t:o li~c o. 1 U;'"G dcltn.- u_n;. 'Jne ''!:l:lteur a3t.":"'r:.0-3r vimr-cl t113 obj1ct throu:,{!. c. tcl~1CO:Jd H!'ld 1o!"..; t: :ol3 .Tith an ir.s~rtl!:lent po.c':uo ~tt.:tched. J~'t::; tricrl to rc~::1. t~v3 object t'vly H-Jnt to 4'{ ,00~ feet Pilots Er-..:..;ntly thi.i o'.)A .... ct dld r.ot. b!}lon-; to "Lh'3 U .;::;;. Coull i t f\'.1a been