PROJECT 10D73 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Wat Balloon 25 Aug 61 Wilm:Jngton, Delaware Proltaltl, & .. leon DATITIMI OIOU' ._ 'I Ofl OIII!RVATION D Wat Aircraft Loc.a JOb O..unti-VIau.a D Oroun~RIMI a ProltaW, Aircraft 260100Z a AI,.VI.a D Alrlnterc.,t R.t D PoatiWy Aircraft ~---------...:---! D Wat Atronondcol 7. LI!MOTH OP OIIIIVATION L NUMIIR OP OBJICTI t. COURII! 0 ProltaW y Atronolcol D Pottlltl, Ateonolc.e 0 In tuff I clent Data for Evoluatlon 10. IRIIP op IIOHTIMOShiny white starlike oojt w/red dot edtached fm it. Looked a ligt larger than Venus. Exploded into pieces. 11. COMMINTS Description of obJt s:lm:Jlar to arlier sighted objts which were o be balloons. Smoke reported was probe:~ ..... to condensation formed when it burst. Cresent of light is to be expected when alloon is generally between witnesses un. Sun had set but due to height of oalloon it was probably still in sunlight. d light was probably the anti-collision ight which is put on balloons after sun- ~ What were th. CLOUDS(Circle One) a. Clear slcy ~ Scatterecl:cloucls conclltlons.at the d. Thiele or .heaVJrcloucls you saw the oblec:t? WEATHER (Circle.One) b. Fog,. mist, or light .rain c. ~.oclerate. or rain 35. :When ancl to "'' clld you.report thot,you.h~rseen-the obiect? Month Year 36. Was anyone else. with you.at the:tlme you saw the obiect? : (Circle OneJ \\JI\ I iJ~ IF you answered YES, did they s ... the obfect too? (Circle One) Yea\ No 37 . Was .this the first tl111e that you hod seen an obiect or obiects lllce this? (Circle One) 37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under whot circumstances did you see other ones? U.S. AIR . FORCE TICHMICAL IHPORMATIOM SHE IT (SUMMARY D~TA) In order that your lnfounatlon be fllecl and coclecl as accurately as possible, please use the followlnt apace to write out a short description of the event that you observed. Y~u ntay ,. peat lon that you have already given In the questionnaire, and add any further statements, or alcetchea.that you.belleve are important. Try to present the details of the observa tion In the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the some size paper may be attached are needed. (FU Print) (Do Not W1'1te In Tid Space) 39. Do you th lnlc you can tl (Circle One} the apeecl of the obtect? IF you answered YES, then what speed Weuld you thnate? ~...-'!""-~-- ). Do you thl nlc you CWI how far aw~y from you the obiect.wa? (Circle OneJ. IF you an1wered YES,.then how far away would you 1ay It wa?---------- 41. Please lng informatlon.about youtself: -Indicate. . nformatfonabovt-yourseH;-inc:lucllng-anyeifucation, wh'~lt mltht be pes 1 iReRt 42. Date you complet~. this que1tionnalre: Ai ,.-Tech.,, c.:t.l J .. h.JL'J~r\c.e c ter \.Vy; ~ ht--P.,.tt~r so~< A FB s;/verrJde 1/e:jh~ Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton, Ohio Dear Sirs: Silverside Heights Wilmington 9, De 1. About a year and a half ago I reported seeing a white, partly transparent globe with a red dot near it through my six inch reflecting telescope. It appeared to the naked eye as a star, although it wasn't dark enough to see stars yet. It was abov the clouds which were being blown across the sky. This was the night of the August 25, 1961, lunar eclipse. I filled out one of your forms and mailed it back. If you still have the reoords, I would like to know your evaluation. Although I have never seen a wea- ther balloon through a telescope, there might not have been any visible in the sky at the time. As you probably can find out if a balloon could have caused what I saw, I would like to find out what it was since a balloon is the only explanation I inow tfiat would fit. I was taking a pbture with my camera-which doesn't have . 2nd page time exposure and thus I obtained no picture-when the object apparently exploded. I say this because when I next looked in- to the telescope, I saw the glittering specks, which, I suppose, were part of the formerly round object, and also some "smoke." (My brother and a friend say that they saw the object "explode" their naked eyes). I am writing my ninth-grade theme on flying saucers and I would like to get one of your questionairres if you will please send me.one-I would like to display it as part of the Air Force saucer * investigation project. Thank you. perhaps I should say unidentified flying object instead of saucer. Sincer~ly yours Uft&. Y TO ATTII OF I TDE H.ADQUA"T ... I FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AI .. tro.-cl IVITIEMI COMMAND UNIT&D ITAT&I AI" .. D .. C& W"leHT~ATT& .. ION AI" .. o .. ca IIAI&, OHIO suaJECTa Request for UFO Information 1 April 1963 TOt Hq USAF SAF-01 3b Wash 25 DC (Major Hart) 1. Reference the attached letter from requ,sting information on unidentified flying objects. letter is fo arded to your office for whatever action deem necessary. 2. The evaluation of Mr. s sighting was made possible due to the completeness of his report. A photo of a radiosonde weather balloon similar to that sighted is attached to be forwarded with your reply. FOR THE COMMANDER 1. Ltr fm J.M. and Subsystems dtd 11 Apr 63. 2. Photo of Radiosonde The evaluation or your aS.Shtlns waa e possible due to the oompleteneaa ot your report. A photo or a radiosonde weather balloon lar to that s1ghted la attached ror 7our tnrormat1on and report. Othervaluable. 1ntormat1on is alao inclosed. tnolud1ns the ott1a1al reporttng r 164. Your interest 1s appreciated. Sincerely. C. R. HART Major. USAP Public Information D1v Office or Infonnat1on Project Bluebook Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton, Ohio Dear Sirs: Silveraide Hgta. Wilmington We would like to ~report the sighting of an Unidentified Flyins Object On the night of Frida~, August 25, 196~, at about 8:00:~. M. EDT, we sighted a bright object in th~ West-Northwest section of the sky. It was a little bit lower in altitude than Arcturus was and it was about 3 or 4 times the difference in altitude, of the two bodies, to the west. (Since it was too light for Arcturus to ,be easily seen, the position of is approximate.) It looked like a bubble with a orange crescent (Probably the reflection of the sun). The preceeding paragraph described the object as seen through a 6" . ~reflecting telescope at 40 power. All of the fo~lowing waw observed the same way unless otherwise stated. At about 8:07 P. M. it exploded. Without visual aid, "the object seemed to explode, shooting out into many pieces, making a small amount of what objects (with the naked eye) appeared to appeared to be be still. They smoke. The exploded gradually faded out and were invisible after about 10 minutes. The explo.ion itself was not seen through the telesco2e as we were trying to take a picture through the telescope at the time If it is possible for you to give us a posotive explanation of this, please do so. P. s. The pictures did not turn out due to insufficient HCADQUARTKRS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION Alfl' fi'ORCIE IVSTIEMS COMMAND UNITI:D 8TAT1':8 AI" .. O .. CI: WfUOHTPATTI: .. 80N AI" .. O .. CI: BA81':a OHIO ATT o': TD-E/MaJor Friend sutJICT: UFO SishtiD& (Messrs ~ Toa SAFOI-3c (MaJor ColeDaD) l. Messr and S1lvers14e He1sbta Wilmington 3 Delaware, report to I'TD by letter a uro sightin8 which they experienced on 25 August 1961. 2. The letter .,..,.,. Messrs does not contain sutticient tion to allow successtul analysis 3. It is requested that two (2) ATIC 164 be forwarded to these geDtle D with instructions that they be completed indepen- D~W.~MD H. WYNN Colonel, USAF Deputy for Science and Components .U.S. AIR .FORCI TECHNICAL :IMPORMAT.IOM SHIET thla queatlonnalre .has :b"n prepared ~o that you .can give the U.S. Air Force 01 much lnforanatlon .aa .poaaible :concerning the unidentified :aerial .phenomenon that you hove obaervecl. Please .try to ana .as many questlona.os.you posslbly:cctn. The Information that you give will be ;used for reaeorch purposes, :and will be regorcled.as confidential material. Your name will not be uaed .in.connectlon.wlth.any. :conclualons, .or publication. without your .perm.laalon. . We requeat .thla peraonal I :10 that, If .It 1 d .. mecJ .necesaary, w. maycon.act you f~ . further cletolla. . .1. Wh.n did you~".th. obiec:t? Bay iMonth Time Zone: (C' I . ".c: e . ne. ~ .. at~ Eastern :o. Central c. Mountain d.. Pacific (Circle One): (Circ:le One): tcy Daylight Saving 1). Standard 4. Where were when. y.ou.sow the obiect? City or own State or Country 5. I low long was obiect=in sight? 5.1 How was time In sight detttrmlned? a. Certain \JY Fairly certain 6. What was the condition.of:the:sky? c:. Not very sure ct;),.. Just a guess a. Bright '~ Bright f.) b. Clpudy , o: Cloudy 7. IF you saw the obiect durin~f DAYLIGHT,:. wh,e was the SUN located as you looked at the obiect? (Circle One): a. In front of you- b. In back of you c. To your right d. To your left e. Overhead f. Don't remember supersedes ATIC 164, 13 Oct 54. 8. 1F you saw.the oblec:t at NIGHT, what did you notlee.concernlng the STARS and MOON? 8.1 sTARS(Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One): Bright ""*'light Dull moonlight No moonlight.-plt~h darlc Don!t re11cember Don't remmber 9. The obtect .oppearecl: (Circle.One): a. Asa litht b. Shiny c. Darlc 10. If .It .appeared as a , . was It brighter than the brightest stars? 11 . Did the obJect: (Circle One for each question) a. Appear.to stand.still.at any time? b. Suddenly speed.up and rush:away at any time? c. Brealc:up into parts or explode? . .d. Give off smolce? e. Change. br i gh~ness? f. Change shape? g. Flash or fllclcer? h. Disappear.ancl reappear? 1,. Did the obJect .move behind something:at:any time, pc~rtlc:ularly a cloud? Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know. Don't Know Don~t Know Don't Know (Circle One): ~; No Don't Know. IF you answered YES,.then.tell what 13. Did the obi~t move In front of some~ at any tlnre, partlcularly.a .cloud? . J . . (Circle One): Yes l~ Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what In front of: 14. Did.the obfect.appear: (Circle One): b. Transparent c. Vapor d. Oon~t Know 16. Tell In a few the following thlnta.about.the oblec:t. b . Color 17 . Draw a plctwe that wlll~ahow.the:ahape of .the obtec:t.or obiecta. Lobel.and lncluCie.ln your:alcetch.any details S of the obiec:t:that -aw:auch.aa wlnga, protrualona, etc.,.and eapecially.exhauat tralla.or vapor tralla. {,Jot.: Place an.arrow.bealcle.the:drawlng:to ahow.the dlrectlon.the obtect.waa. . (Circle One): a. Fuzzy or .blurred . .b. :Like.a bright star {!) Sharply outlined d. Don't remember 19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE oblect, then how n'Kiny were there? ------------