PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. OATC 2. L OCATION 12. CONCLLI:'.IONS :.Y< WrJ.'> Ball oon ,..l~uol"'nd 0 ' ' t(} C P ro6obly Ball.)()n 3. DATL:TIM~ G:tJUP 4. T YPe 0::: OllSF.RVATION 1. L E NCIH OF 06Sc~VA iiON ~ Ground-y, 5Ua 1 0 Gr ounJ-Rocfor I 0 Air-Vi s u o l 0 Air-Intercept Rodo r i 6. ;iOURCE i 9. r-IUMSER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Wo., Aircraft U P ro b ably Aircrnft D Poss ibly Aircraft 0 Wo:o A:otrnnomi col 0 Proba bl f A s t ronomical 0 Po ibly AstronoMical D ln:.uffici,nt Data br Eval u c tiotl 10. BRIEF SUMMA R Y OF SIGHTING Orange-red ball of fire observe d rising & than znaintainin~ horizontal fl~:,.;,_t io:: about 5 minutes. A7IC FOR~ J?.!) (REV 26 SEP 52) ll. COMMENTS News p a per clip~ing forwa~ded witl1 r eport lndicat~s t t1at a nan hns bean launching ba.lloon3 by f lare for the p~st year. Rptd launc h for ~londay & ~uesday by n*ighbo r . Cl~VELANO AIR PROCUREMENT DISJ~JCT UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 113 ST. CLA.IH ~VC:Nt.JE N, E. CLEVELA.NO 1 ... OHIO Rr7f~t_ V TO Unidcn.&;.ifiod Flying Obj ec ~ (U l~O) Corr~spondence To; CC~ffi. ::RcK) In a.~cordance with _;FR. 200-2 cia. ted 20 July 1962, t.;~ are forw~t"dlng c.)r:-espond-ance recai ved w..d news c ....... l-"~ from. tae Cl~vel1.nd Plain D8s.ler ~or Nr the local Sa.les FC:t THE ACTING CrtiEF aC3~T W. LIVINGS?ON In;~rcation Services O~ficer 2. News Clipplng Cleve PO, 22 aq Can~ral Contract -:... ?.,gement Region, \.t t.:1c ldl corres:;:x>:1da::1c~ f0r1a r rl.ed fo-r 70tu: ir.f:Jrma cion 1.nd ~.l.pu~or;ri..J. iF.; ae 'J~ in accordance ~;ri th .:v"'J. 200- 2 ua. ~ed 20 July 1962. Clev(!l1.nd U"' C1.&1rf:LA)fl) PR!SS By HINRY GORDON ,,Oi;ange in SJqi?: Best Guess Is \Veather Balloon Best guess about the bright oran~e objects that were seen two nights crossing the sky above the EJastern suburbs is that they were weather balloons.. . An object was observed last night by hundreds of res idents-of Euclid, Richmond BallOon Mystery Solved (?) i '.:1. Heights, South Euclid, May-r-,! _ 0~ field Heights and Highland rl6 :.-r> Heights from about 9:30 to .\ llttle :nore light was cast today on the identity of a ysteriotts object which startled anxious sky-watchers in ea~tern su bur:,s Tuesday night. ~ 9:50. when it apparently. c ~ r hurst. Most said it moved ~ . I from northwest to southeast. A Euclid Roman reported that. a neighbor man bas been 1 launching i.lans attaehed to four balloons at intervals for :~bout a year. This eqlalns the 'muffled explosion." E ... Cleveland Plain Dealer -t Aug 62 "He sent ~ne up Uonday night just before the storm," si:~ .;ald. ::!ld another one Tuesday night. 1 don't know :'1 HL; rea3on remains obscure. The balloonist was unav~ilable for: co-nme!!t t1riay. 'l'une in tomorrow .... l ruHns nu J:J3.:Ul HI Sl" lloo ...J.. v PROJECT 1007~ f.<ECORD CAtO 1. LOCA TtON 3. DATETIMc 'j~OU? l.t. 'r'~'PE OF OBSERVATION ! 0 .. Ground Vi suol 0 GroundRador I 0 Air-Vi .;;ual 0 Air-Intercept Rader 7. LENGTH Of= 0::\SERVATION l s. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. C OURSE CONCLUSIONS W:. s Ball ooo Probably B~lloon Po~ 'ii ol y Balloon Pro bob I y Ai rero h P sibly Aircraft Was Astronorni cal Pr::~bobl y Astr':)nomical Pos:;ibly Astronomical In ;;u ffi c i ent Data fo r Evoluoti on U nl<no'WT1 !v. BrtiEr SUM.MA~Y OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS CLEVELAND AIR FORCE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CENTRAL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT REGION < AFSC > UN,TEO STATES AIR FORCE 113 '\r, CLAIR AV~NUE N. E. CLEVELAND 14. OHIO Unid~ntified Flying Object (UFO) Correspondence CC~:R (RCK) Wrigh~Patterson A.~, Ohio In accordance with AFR 200-2 dated 20 July 1962, we ore forwarding add!~ional correspondence received r~lative to tFO reported in this ACTING CniEF FORGING l'i11LITARY SPACEPOV,ER Cleva 11,0. Go~ra ondanca lrJ,)2 .c3Lt:ti 1~ fc~.rx:dad u7:1lua. tiOll.