PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION }rel.tdsbur g , C:lllf 4. TYPE OF OaSERVATlON 3. D ATe"TIME C~OUP :D Ground-Vi suol 0 Gr.;)und-R a -for 0 Air-,nhr<:~pt Rad a r civilian o S. NUMBER OP OSJECTS 9. COIJRSE 0 7. LEHOTH C~ OISeRVATION ~ast, Er-rrttlc;.q,lly g CONCLUSIONS Wo::; Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Ai rcroft Probably Aircraft Po~sibly Air croh Was A stro.,omi col Probably A~tronomicol P o s s i bly Astronomica l ln.suffident Doto fo r Evo 1uotion Obj res~ebling large sta r ::-to ring from slightlv Sightiug has all ~vest o f ?io rth tovard t:t-? F.a3t. Tra vel at stea.~y of a b::tlloon lt; p~c~ fo-:--o ve-r-~h:r. Diu not :::~em t o be closer llght e.tt:lr hed. than ~ s~ar. Erractic moti - AT!C JPO RM 329 (RZY 26 SEP 52) chu ract.e..L"tstics Rlt.ltude wit~ of 6::. tr:.. on Unidentified llyir~ ob j octs ..:;t~ t~s iir 1 orce Healo sbu~g, Cc.liforn i a , sitting ~n onj oying t h e o~:: .,i' t!~e l a rger i''a~ m)Vlna 1 igh t. which ~:re z~:~ was ) f tLe s i:::e and 0......-ill.:. =-~ct3 of h on:; of t h e larger D C:J.rs oc olanets~ I f'trst nJ~ice~ t t , e -t7ere \Ja tched \tr::.vel f n..i.rly t o r e ach th<:: 'tb .ut i. t ab yut until o...t.Sft, Of f ice foe C0mp~ oi Unl ted ~ .a t~s J...i r F"'~ee FOREIGi ~ TLCHN:>LOGY DIVISION n"" ormu: _on r.' : He. T.:"SA?(SA.F-OIPB) (Hrs Oni~er) R~f.:!::-~nce the a.tteched letter from p ~ s tmar}~ed flyi!'lg obj':!ct. :Ln t :::ep l y to 3::> S::? 63, requesttng inforrnatio:t on an unidentified ~:h~ ::":llor.rlng infor:;:-ation is f'o~rarded to ansict yon c... The sightinz o:! Mrs uuner -air balloc~1 ho.s all the churacterlstics o.u . .LOSOn(le. :.. Conta.ct 'Yri th t:-:c balloon control center at 1Iollonan AFB, fa.L::... ~.:C. to reveal iden-:.: --:.y of a specific upper-air balloon. ~. The nearest ra...-1-~sonde lntL."'lch to Healdsburg, Calif'ornla, .:.s ~:=:::~2-:1d, Caliror:1.ia. 'J.J,...rever, the wtnds direction W3~i to':<Tard ~ne .C:c!.S t and would not carry a balloon from this site over Nrs d. While we ca..':UlOt id~ntify thLs specific b1lloon, we .;till beli-:::e that this o':>ject "'t~os a balloon. The ob,ject '\-Ta3 d~f lni tely drifti:lg with the wind :J.3 ind.!.cat~d by its 1'9.0tion, directlon of fli : and duration of the sighting. FOR T:-1S C0~1M.I\l'IDER Colo:1el USAF' D~puty ~J~ Technolog7 postm 30 Scp 63 Th13 is 1n ~e:3pon.sa to your rscent .Le !;ter in vrh!ch y~u r!!ported slghtjng an unidantifled ob.j\!ct 1n the st.r; in the vicinity of' Healjsburg, r,al:tfo!'nia.. ~he object you si~hced ~as all the characte~istics OL ~n U?per-air balloon o~ ~ radiosonde. A check nade wi~h tne Balloon Control c~nte~ at Holloman Air Force Ba5e had f~1lad t o reveal tha i dentif y o ? ~ n odcific uooe~-3.1r b:l.lloon. ~'-lhile-we ar~ unable t o i dentiry thl3 3pecif1c halloon, it is believed that th~ object ~vas a b3.lloon olnce i t "vl:t..i r=trir't!.n~ :tfiCh th~ ~'lind a s 1nd1catgd by its motion,: direction or ht and du~ation or tha s1ght1ng. i-'!A3TCN ~-1. J AC;<S Najor, USA....!l Public IZ1tOrnlat1on D1v1s1on Ofrtce or Information