PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Was B alloon ~robobly Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon OA TETIME GROU? TYPE OF OBSERVATION Woa Aircraft 0 Ground Vi suol 0 GroundRod\lr 0 Probobl y Aircraft :C: Air-Vi suol 0 Airlnterc:npt Radar 0 Po ssi bl y AI rcroft Was Astronomical Probobl y Astronomical Possibly Astronomical I Y1 I J. ri LENGTH OF 05SERVATION NUMB ER OF OBJECTS 0 Other 0 lnsuffi cimt Oato for Evoluotion 0 U nlcnown BRIEF SUMMA~Y OF SIGHTING .t'hitc-:::':'::.~:i:-[1 o'bj't.; ::-1:.: 11. ATIC FOR M 329 (RE V 26 SEP 52) 7CZCSQ?~26CZCSQF365ZCAHA112 DE RJEDAH 1~2 P '21il80:aZ FM CHADS TRUAX FLD WIS TO RJUFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO Z~N/30TH ADIV TRUAX FLD WIS RJ~DSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHDC RJEZHQ/OSAF WASHDC IDICLAS/CHOIN 7036. SUBJ: UFO. FOR: INTELLIGENCE, AFCIN, SAFqr. REF PART 15, AFR 200-2. A.KQL SMALL OVAL. KWL STAR TO PLANET SIZE. KEL tJHITE -POSSIBLE REDDISH. KRL ONE. l<TL NONE. KYL HAD APPROXIMATE INTENSITY OF A STAR. KUL KIL KOL NONE. B. KQL WHILE S~TTING IN COCKPIT ENROUTE TO OHARE APT. KHL APPROX 80,000 FEET IN ACfT,S ONE o,CLOCK POSITION. KEL UNK. KRL PROCEEDING STRAIGHT IN A WEST TC EAST DIRECTION AT A FAST PACE. KTL FADED. KyL TEN MINUTES. c. KQL VISUAL. KWL NONE REPORTED. KEL OBSERVED BY PILOT OF DC-8 !<ASTERN 156 > AND CREW PERSONNEL IN COCKPIT. D. KQL ~1Hic 09152 JUL 61. KWL NIGHT. E. KQL NOT RPTD. K\~L 60 NM SOUTH OF ?AGE T\~0 RJEDAH 42 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY F. tJOT GIVEN. G. KQL CLEAR KRL Ql1J tl I LES. KTL NONE AT ALTITUDE. KyL NONE. H. NEGATIVE I NEG J. t~EG. K COMMENTS 'ny SENIOR DIRECTOR, CHICAGO ADS, 'J~IO TOCJK - J1TIAL Rf.:?ORT: INFOR11ATION I S HEARSAY Ar-JD NOT SPECIFIC IN DETAIL KEL 1\ CHECK TJJITH CH:\DS ~J1\THZR STATION DISCLOSED THE RELE;\SE OF :iU~l:ROU: BALqONS AT 0G;J0Z BY SPHldGFIELD, PEORIA, ST LOUIS, T::RRE H.'\UTE, DAYTOtJ, AND OTHt..R ~JEATHER AGENCIES IN THE AREA Of LOUI SVILLE. KRL QW MILES. KTL NONE AT ALTITUDE. KYL NONE. H. NEGATIVE. I. NEG J. NEG. K COMMENTS BY SENIOR DIRECTOR, CHICAGO ADs , WHO TOOK INITIAL REPORT: INFORMATION IS HEARSAY AND NOT SPECIFIC I N DETAIL KEL A CHECK WITH CHADS WEATHER STATION DISCLOSED THE RELEASE OF NUMEROUS BALqONS _AT 05002 BY SPRINGFIELD, PEORIA, ST LOUIS, TERRE , HAUTE, DAYTON, AND OTHER WEATHER AGENCIES IN THE AREA OF LOUISVILLE. A STRONG POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THE SIGHTING COULS HAVE BEEN A WEATHER BALOON RELEASED FROM A STATION WEST OF LOUISVILLE. THIS, IN CONJUCTION WITH A WESTERLY FLOW OF AIR ACROSS THE SECTOR COULD HAVE POSITIONED A BAI.OON IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF LOUISI!ILLE AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING. CHADS WEATHER STATION CONFIRMED A WESTERLY FLOW UP tvOND AT ANA ALTITUDE BELQTJJ 80,~00 FT. L. NONE. N. PILOT OF DC-8 STATED THE OBJECT MIGHT BE AN OBJECT IN SPACE. 24/18052 JUL RJEDAH