PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 'tlatertown, Conn 0 Probably Balloon 3. DATETIM! GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Pauibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft :/.C Ground-Vlaual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Ai,.. VI aual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Po ui bl y Alrct'aft 0 Was Astrono mical 0 Yea 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Poesibly Aatronomlcol 7. LENGTH Ofl OIS!RVATION NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS :_o_ Other ~.Insufficient Data for Evaluation BRIE II SUMMARY 011' SIGHTING- 11. COMMENTS?- ATJC P ORN )29 (Jt&Y 2f 8&P 12) 10 October 1961 Your letter or September 30 addressed to the Department o'l Def'enae baa been re:f'erxed to the Air Foree. It ia not poaaible to tell you lftl&t the objecta vere "Which you saw llh:Ue observing the Sun' a corom. It is poasibl~ tbat a canbimt.ion of raetora were involved since w nave no other corroborating reporta. Perhape you "11 tneaaed a phenaneca referred to as SUn Dos' a (see vri tings by D:>Mld Menzel, Director o:t Har~ard (J)aer'latory) turther compounded by eye strain due t o t he intensity ot the light (even though bloeld.ng direct Su:l light). I knov tha-c t.!Us ia not too !lelpf'ul., t Vi t h the intol'tla tion g1 ven this is aoout the best w can do tCMS.rd. hel-ping you solve the mystery. Knowing tr.at yoo. are interested in <lstro~, I would like to recon:nend t :-.nt you ~d Flyir..g Saucers b y Dr. Menzel. It 1& filled w1 t.h intereati!:lg cases aud 9rov::.des a great deal of iafo r:.at.1on on astrononicel n~1enorne!la. Your interest is appre.:.iJ:l.l:.e d . watertown, Connecticut Sincerely, WILLIA."t T. COI.JlM\IT, JP.. Ml.,jor, USAF UFO Pl~Ject Oft1cer PUblic Inf'olilation D1 ~nsion Of'fice o:r Inf'ortiation