PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon :o Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Local 2].-;) ,?_: '22.hS ~:o Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft s sl bl Y AI rcroft S. PHOTOS ~. SOURCE 0 Was Atronomicol 1. LENGTH OP 0 3SERVATION 10. 8RIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING RoUilcl 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Probobl y Astronomi col 0 Pos~ibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown tl. COMMENTS UtV.l t0 release of Got ?' ,:-.d.uish -tint :Ln d istance. S:9eed in-::r..;:J ... :::8d .. ;itl: tlistc..:t::::. lst ~ight in;; 20-25 min; 2m:i ATIC F O R M 329 (REV 2 6 SEP 51) tel~ns of' t)al.l o:Jn .. : it i pr .. 1i)~b.Le that O!PARTM!NT 0, TH! AIR FORCE STAFF M~SS~.GE 9P..~NCH UNClA~St,.tO MUSA~f ~\C'l,IO'N: OOP-2, OOP-CP-1 CZCHQE322ZC A436 Rrt RJEZHQ DE RJEZKNG 1 FM 656TH RADRON SAGE SARATOGA AFS NY TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEZSN/26 AIRDIV HANCOCK FLD NY RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ ~SAF WASH 25 DC RJEZHQ/ OSAF WASH 25 DC I NFO RJEZKN/aOADS STEWART AFB NY UNCLAS FROM RAD-GE 8-43o FOR: AFCIN, HQ USAF, SAFIS, OSAFG I N COMPLIANCE WITH AFR THE FOLWG RPT IS SUBMITTED: TWO OB- JECTS I.~ ERE S I 3:iTED ON SEPERATE OCCASIONS~ 1ST OBJECT AT 0230Z ON 6 ..;:J Sl, 2ND AT 0 245Z Od 10 AUG 6 l o BOTH OB- JECTS SIGHTED BY SAME INDIVI DUALo PAR ~5A (1) ROUND, ( 2 ) GOLF BALL, (3) 1ST .WHITE 6 AUG, 2 ND DULL YELLOW 10 AUG, C4) ONE, (5) NA, ( 6) NO FEATURES~ 0:--.JLY L (GHT, (7) I N THE F.~STER THAN A JET HIGH AS 3 0 , 'Jti?k! . FT:; P FP;1rlXo APPROACHED D!,ARTM!NT 0, TH! 'AIR FORC! STAFF MESSAGE R~ANCH ?AGE TWO RJEZKNG 1 Page 2 of 3 SLOt!/, DEPARTED MUCH FASTER BUT NOT AS FAST AS A. SHOOTING STAR OR METE:RO~ LOOKED LIKE AN lJNLIGHTF:D WEATHER BALLON SEEN AT 2330Z, 10 AUG 6lo 1ST OBJECT ~;IGHTED 6 AUG WAS HIGH, 2ND OBJECT SIGHTED 10 AUG WAS LOWo PAR 158 Cl) BRIGHT LIGHT AND MOTIONo C2> NEARLY OVERHEAD WHEN FIRST SEEN, C3) APPROX 5~ DEGREES FROM tORIZON, APPROX AZIMUTH 100 DE GREES:t C 4) TRAVELING EAST TO \~EST j MADE 180 DEGREE TURN TO TH~ EAST WHEN DIRECTLY OVEnHEAD, (5) FADED SLOWLY TO THE EASTo C6) !ST OBJECT APPROX 20 TO 25 NINUTES, 2ND OBJECT APP~OX 15 MINUTESo PAR 15C (1) GROUND VISUAL, (2) 2). NOGHT-, PAR 15E, 6 MILES SE.OF GLEN~S FALLS, NEW YORK, TOWN OF FORT EDWARD; BOTH FORT EDWARD NY, TECHNICIAN FOR WESTERN ELEC~ TRIC, ALBANY NYo RELIA8ILITY GOOD~ HI~ SITER ALSO SIGHTED ~ST OBJECTo HIS WIFE SAW THE 2ND 08- JECTo PAR 15G <1) CLOUDY ON 6 AUG AND CLEAR ON 10 AUG, AT 7 KNOTS FROM 260 DEGREES A'f 16 KNOTS, FTIOM 250 D!PARTMENT 0, TH! AIR FORCf STAFF MFSC:.Ar.~ B) \NCH ?AGE TJREE RJEZKNG 1 Page 3 of 3 AT 25 KNOTS, FROM 250 DEGREES AT 45 KNOTS, FROM 260 DE- G~EES AT 45 KNOTS AND FROM 080 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS. 10 AUG 61, 340 DEGREES AT 3 KNOTS, 280 A 18 10 AUGt CLEARo C4) 6 AUG, 10 MILES, 10 AUG , 10 MILESo C5) 6 AUG, TEN TENTHS, 10 AUG, CLEARo (6) 6 AUG, NONE, 10 AUG, NONEo (7) 72 DEGREES, DEW POINT 66 ON 5 AUG, 74 DE- GREES DEW?OINT 65 ON 10 AUGo PAR 15H, NONEo PAR 15I, NONEG PAR l5J, l :\NOWNo PAR 15K, WEATHER BALLOONS ARE RELEASED FRO~ ALBANY WEATHER BUREAU 2230Z DAILYo TYPE RAD!ON SONDE, 6 FT DIAt1ET2R, RUBBERIZED, COLOR WHITEo WIND CONDITIONS ON BOTH SIGHTINGS AT ALL ALTITUDES WERE SIMILIARo A JET STREAM LOCATED IN THE AREA, BUT WAS NOT OF VERY HIGH VELOCITY. VERY POSSIBLE THAT OBJECTS SIGHTED WERE WEATHER BALLOONS AT EXTREMELY HIGH ALTITUDE IN THAT OBSERVER COMMENTED ON SIMILAR I!Y OF OBJECT TO \~EATHER BALLOON. AL- THOUGH NOT SU3STANTIATED BY WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY GIVEN BY WEA7~ER BUREAU, A WIND SHIFT OF HIGH VELOCITY AT HIGH ALTITUDE COULD HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR CHANGE IN DIRECTION AND HIGH RATE OF TRAVELo PAR 15L1 NONE, 13/2230Z AUG RJEZKNG t.i:jC Lt\BSili?D l'D-Z . \; .L'ep f-;: Sci'?nce