PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 2. CONCL USIONS 0 Was Balloon 1 December 1962 Arlington Massachusetts 0 P robobly Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon DATETIM! CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION >DC Ground-VI suol 0 GroundRodor 0 Wos Aircraft Probably Aircraft 0 A lr-Visuol 0 Alrlntercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astrl!namicol 0 Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical LENGTH Ofi.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unllnown 10. BRI!P SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Object shaped like a frankfurter flying jat. be tumbling end ove r ~n straight Sun West. Obsva- NW to tlton toward West. sw. Re d color. Obse rve r attr ibuted telescope but could Disappearance l.n behind trees. Sighting l.n late after- ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 5 December 1962 Unidentified Flying Objects AFSC (FTD) Wright-Patterson AFB 1. The attached reports are forwarded !or your information. 2. Follow-up investigation through all available sources !ailed to reveal any further information than that reported by the observers. KENNETH J. BENOIT Major, USAF Chief, Base Operations Division REPORT OF UNIDENT I F l EO FLYING OBJECTS fhe word "neg.ltiv.e " in reply to any numb~red it~m of the following repor t format will indiclltP. that nil l ogical leads were dPveloped without success. The phrase " not applicable " (N/A) will indicate t hat the question does not apply t o the ><ight!ng being investigated. ::STU D EN;- ARL.JNGIOJV orgarri :at ion, ty, and est te of reliability) L OCATION O F OBSERVER( re erence to a Exa c t la t i and longitude o f each observer, or eoref positio n, or posit ion BAc~'t'A~.D OF RESJ.!)JDVC. J! AT AlfLtNGn:JN Zul u time-date group of s ighting DATE OF SIGHTING L ight conditions (uu one of the followin g terms: Night, day, C LAe AFT5l? }lfJ.J /II ize cornpar~ ton nown object (u.~e nnl' of tht' fvllt'JWing terms: /lend of n pin, pPa , dimt', nickel, quarter, hal dollar, baseball, grapefruit, or basketball) held in the hand nt about arms length more l an one fJ-:t,;A'/urf -Ylo+ 9v1f(? called the attent ion of o bser ve az muth oft AFCRC CA'-4BAIOC~ '-'ASS. Manner of dis11pp.:ara nc e of object(s) . Length ol tune m sight C)bs-;v"'r 'Sf~trtf LhllvtS MMH~ER OF OBSERVATION Use one or any combination of the following items: Ground-visual, grou.nd-electronic, air-electronic. (If e lectronic, specify type Gr-a:.;nJ -Vt.Sva/ Statement as to optical aids {Utle&copes, binoculars, and so foriA) used and description thereof ..J. A-fft~w.pfeJ ic> ..S<.'"1." obJ~c.f wiJi, Jop~wer fel~:scap<: .Ccr~.;.~r ;.J,,..?se 5 If the sighting is made while airborne, give tyPe aircrait, identification number, altitude, heading, speed, and home station. 0 Prj rr +-,. WEATHER AHD WINDS.ALOFT. CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS Observer(s) account o f weather conditions Report from nearest AWS or U. S. Weather Bureau Office of C /1 V U wind direction a nd vel~citr in degrees and knots at ~urface ;. 1 () / -;-Amount of cloud cover Visibility 10,000' 3 0""-.) /!.)..-50,000' Thunderstorms in area Rnd quadrant in which located Any other unusual activity or condition, meteorological, astronomical, or otherwise, which might account for the sighting Interception or identification action taken (3ucla action may be taken whenever fe03ible, complying with existing air defen3e directives) Location of any air traffic ia the area at time o( sighting Position tide a nd comments of the preparing ofiicer, including h ill preliminary analysqt of tne pos!'tloie cause of the :Jighting(s) Existence of physical evidence, such as materials and photographs