PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ,,._ Woa Balloon 3. DATETIME CROUP ~. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Was Aircraft 0 GroundRador Ptobably Aircraft Local----------- ~.;(iroun d Vlauol GMT 28/0030Z o Air-VIsual a Air-Intercept Rac:lor Poulbly Aircraft Civili:J.n 0 Ptobobly Aattonamical a Pouibly Ast.onomlcol 7. LENGTH 0,. OIIEAVATION 8. NUMBER 0,. OBJECTS 9. COURSE 15 minutes one 10. BRIE .. SUMMARY 0' SIGHTINO Round object similar to a star in bright daylight observed at 80dgr elevation moving to 60 d g r elevation toward tha west. Faded into sun. No radar picktlp fro1n area. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 36 IUtP 5:l) 11. COMMENTS 0 lnaufflcient Oota for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown Subsequent report states that object was identified as a b~lloon released by u.s. weather bu~oau at San Antonio. Z 6/aio ~ ~z ?::} rt UCD SQ D::: RU~JGNH 21 F:~!.IQ 2851 AB~iG KZLLY AFE rz;: TO RUWGALE/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUWGHW/32D AIR DIV Ol<LA CITY AF STA O~(L RUCDSQ/AFSC FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DI V WPAFa ~UEAHQ/HQ USAF WASHDC 2UEAHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR ?ORCE WASHDC UNCLAS SABF 7233. HQ USAF FOR AFCIN. SZC OF THE AF FOR ~AFOI. U 0 REPORT. REF PAR 14, AFR 20~-2. REF OUR ~ABF 7028. UFO I LUTIFIED A'J A vJEATHER BALLOON RELEA:ED BY THE U.S HEATHER BUREAU AT S.'iN ANTONIO Ii~TERNATIONAL J\IRPORT. J!/16192 JUL ~U~IG~JH OEPARiMENl OF fHE AI~ FORCr STAfF MESSAGE BRANCH UNOAUII., MUSAGt ACTION: NIN-9 XOP-1, XOPX-4, SAF-OS-3 DIA-25, DIA(CIIC)-2 sr1 a s0:s0 ZCZCHQE297ZCWJA360 PP RUEAHQ DE RUWGNH.245 Fr~ HQ 2851 AB WG KELLY AFB TEX TO RUWGALF./ ADC ENT AFB COLO RUWGHW/ 320 AIR DIV OKLA CITYSAF STA OKLA RUCOSQ/ AFSC FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV \~PAFB OHIO RUEAHQ/ HQ USAF WASH DC RUEAHQ/ SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASH 25 DC. UNCLAS SABF 7028. HQ USAF FOR AFCIN. SEC OF THE AF FOR SAFOI. UFO R~?O~T. REF PAR 14 AFR 200-2. A. DESCRIPTION OF 03JECT. Ill ROUND SHAPE SIMILAR TO STAR. /2/ PIN HEAD SIZE AT AilMS lENGTH. /3/ BRIGHT STEADY WHITE WITH NO CHANGE IN COLOR. /4/ ON. 151 NIA. /6/ NONE. 111 NONE. / I B/ NONE. I 9/ NONE. B. DESCKIPTION OF COURSE. /1/ BOSERVER HAPPENED TO LOOK UP AND SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A STAR IN BRIGHT DAYLINGHT. ONE PERSON OF THE FAMILY CALLED ATTENTION OF OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS TO THE OBJECT. /2/ 03JECT FIRST OBSERVED 80 DEGREES ABOVE NORTHERN HORIZON. /3/ DEPARTMENI O F THE AJR fO~Cc STAFF MESSAG E B~NCH PAGE TWO RUWGNH 245 Page 2 of 3 Pages OBJECT DISAPPEARED 60 DEGREES ABOVE WESTERN HORIZON /4/ OBJECT APPEARED TO BESTRAVELING ON HEADING OF 200 DEGREES M AND FOR APPRO- XIMATELYS8 MINUTES THEN WHEN AT ZENITH IT MADE A GRADUAL TURN OR ARC TO APPROXIMATELY 28"'M DEGREES NO OTHER MANEUVERS OBSERVED. I 51 03JECT GRADUALLY FADED FRCXwt SIGHT WHEN 60 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON IN LINE WITH SUN WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON. 161 OBJECT IN SIGHT 15 MINUTES. C. MANNER OF' OBSERVATION. I 11 GROUND VISUAL. 741 ACW SQUADRON COULD NOT PICK UP OBJECT ON RADAR. 121 OBSERVER USED FOUR POWER REEVES RIFLE SCOPE BUT COULD NOT DISTINGUISH ANY CHARACTERISTICS OR DETAILS OF OBJECT. /31 Nl A. D. ITEM AND DATE OF S !TIN G: I 11 0030Z 28 JUN 63. I 21 DAY. El LOCATION OF OBSERVER: 29 DEGREES 17 LATITUDE. 98 DEGREES 38 LONGITUDE 2 MILES NORTH VON ORMY TEX. F IN F' 0 itM AT I ON ON 0 SSE RVER C IV I L I AN. ON ORMY TEX. OCCUPATION: CIVIL SERVICE KELLY AFB TEX MATERIELS EXPEDITER. AVERAGE TYPE OBSERVER. G. WEATHER AND WINDS: /11 OBSERVER STATES WEATHER WAS CLEAR ~lTH TWO SMALL CLOUDS IN NORTHLY DIRECTION. OBJECT APPEARED BETWEEN TWO CLOUDS. /2/ WINDS: SURFACE 130 DEGREES 5KTS; 6 000 FT 130 DEGREES