PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 5 Aug 63 . San Antonio, Texas D Was Balloon 3. OATETIME GROUP .. TYPE Of OISERVATION 0 PouiWy Balloon loc:af 41 Gtound.VIauaf D Ground-Radar (j Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft S. PHOTOS .. 0 Was Astronomical D Yea 0 Probobly AstronoMical c i-~vi~.l~i~a~n---~-------------ID PossiWyAstronomlc~ 7. LENGTH OF OISE.-VATION I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS t. COURSE o Other:---~- - 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 15 min one ortherl y o UMnown 10. IRIEfl SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Round obJ changing colorsfrom white to Ob,i :tppllrcntJy driftlngwith wJnd. blue t o red observed at 90 deg elevation f:iit<ht.lng ehtuacterlstic of Rnlloon heading on course of 380 deg. Disappeared at obsPrvnlion. Balloons launched 6o deg elevation in NOrth after 15 min obscrva-from locations to SE of Snn Antonio tion. No r mda r pickup from local AC&W squadron~ Wi tne~s 11s~u BX and could not determine any additiona l details. Winds~t surface from l8o de g a nd g enerally North west at altitude. ATIO FORM Jl9 (REV 21 ~p 52) suc h ss Corpus Christi or lo~ally couJd be in of sight i.ng. arPo at time U1~NN'>ZCSQJ 934 ZCWYB52 7 PP RUCDSQ-- DE RlJl.YGi~H 11 ~ FM HQ 2851 AB WG KELLY AFB TEX , TO RUWGALE/ADC ENT AFB COLO RutJGHW/32D Air< DIV OKLA CITY AF STA OKLA RUCDSQIAFSC FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WPAFB OHIO RUEAHQ/HQ USAF wASHDC RUEAHQ/SECRETARY or THE AIR FORCE WASHDC UNCLAS SABF 7072. HQ USAF FOR AFCI~J. SEC OF THE AF FOR SAFOI ... UFO RF,POBT_! REF PAR 14 AFR 2~2-2 A. DESCRIPTION OF OEJECT: /1/ ROUND SHA?E:. /2/ PIN HEAD SIZE AT ARMS LIL;GTH. /3/ r.~HlTE BLUS RED CHANGING COLOR. /4/ ONE. B. DESCRIPTION OF CO!JRSE:: /1/ Qi3SERVER LOOKED U? AND 5AW ROUND OBJZCT I BRIGHT SUNLI~HT /2/ OBJ:.:CT FIRST 09SERV::D 90 DEGREES ABOVE NORTHERN HORIZON. /3/ OBJECT DISAPPEARED 60 DEGREES ABOVE WESTERN HORIZON. /4/ OBJECT APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING ON HEADING OF 38~ DEGREES FOR APPROXI~ATELY 15 MINUTS T HEN DISAPPEARED. /5/ OBJECT PAGE TWO RUWGNH 110 DISA? PEAR2D FROM SIGHT 11HEN APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGRE:: ABOVE HORIZON. /6/ OBJECT II~ SIGHT 15 Ml~UTES. C. r-'!ANi,iER OF OBSERVAT-ION: /1/ GROUND v-I-s-ttAt-. 741 AC&W SQUADRON COULD NOT PICK UP OBJECT ON RADAR. /2/ OBSERVER USED BINOCULARS BUT COULD NOT DISTINGUISH ANY CHARACTERISTICS OR DETAILS OF OBJECT. D T !ME AND DATE OF SIGHTING /1/ 1555 Z 5 AUG 63 /2/ DAY. E LOCAT IOi~ OF OBSERVER: 29 DEGREES 12 FT LATITUDE, 98 DEGREES 3 ~ FT t LONGITUDE. FARr. HOURS APPROXIMATELY 7 MII2S SOUTH OF LOOP 41Z EAST OF US l:IGHWAY 281 F-. IrJFORMATION ON oss;::RV~R: CIVILIAN t'1AILING ADDRESS AVERAGE TYPS 0 3S!:RVER ~. W~ATHER A~D WINDS: /1/ WEATH~R ~AS CL~AR. /2/ WI NDS SURFACE 180 D:2GRt:ES 3 Krs; 6,0~Z FT 15~ DEGREES 1Z KTS; 1~,2~J FT 14~ DEGREES 1~ KTS; 16,Z~Z FT 132 D2GREES 15 KTS; 22,0 FT 15 KT5; 3;,, () FT 130 DEGREES 15 KTSj SZ, FT 12~ DEGREES 12 KTS /.3/ CEILING - CLEAR. /4/ VISIBILITY: 1~ MILES. /5/ 3/13 SCATTER- ED /6/ NO THUNDERSiORMS NO CB. /7/ VERT ICLE TEMP: SURFACE 31 DEGREES C 6,0/Ja FT 15 DEGREES C; 1e1,a00 FT 8 DEGREE C; 16,.0:a0 FT -.3 DEGREES C DEGREES C. PAG2 THREE RUWGNH 11Z PREPARING OFFICER JAMES A QUILLIN MAJOR USAF; TITLE: CHIEF, O?ERATI ONS BRA!-JCH. ~7/1614 Z AUG R UW GN H