PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATtOH 12. CONCLUSIONS 'l':nlssville, Was Balloon 0 Proltobly Balloon 3. DATETIM! GROUP 4. TYPE Ofll OISEAVATION Poulbly Balloon 41 Gfoountl-VI Mtol 0 Gtollnif-Rodar Woa Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Ai,.. Vleuol 0 Po asi bl y Aircraft t.aiJiiCE Was Astronomical 0 Prol.obly Astronomical 0 Pouibly Astronomicol LENGTH Oft oas .. YATION NUMint 0, OBJECTS 9. COURSE ~ Test vehi c les 0 lnsurflcient Ooto for Evaluation ~ot reported 0 Unlcnown 10. 8RIEP SUt'nMAAY OP IICNTIMG 11. COMMENTS ~b-~.rnr.tion of t vo objects entering No date given therefore no correlation l +moaphere attached to parachutes. vi th a spe~ific however the report vas of an observation of this nature and not dat u . '""' ted -licts vith MEMORANDUM F'OR DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, OASD A'l'TEN'HON: MR. PETER A. ERICKSON SUBJECT: Reply to Letter from Mr. Following 1s suggested concerning two objects he and St. Clair County, Alabama: ot reply to ob:se~1ed over This is in reply to your letter of recent date in whioh you reported seeing two unus~l objects 1n the sky over St. Clair County last spring . Thank you for reporting thi observation Jb the u.s. Gover ent. ifuat you aaw wa ----------~ re-entry or two test vehicles, aent aloft by one or our bases to test th.:s metal on a missile or for some other purpose which made it necessa~J to recover the capsule an1 therefor9 parachutes were used to slow the vehicle down so it would not b e damaged on landlng. Since no base 1n the area reported it as an Unidentified Plying Object, it would appear that they were aware of the test. We are inclosing, for your inormat1on, a Fact Sheet which has recently been compiled by the Air Force on the subject or Unidentified Plying Objects and Unuaual Aerial Phenomena. It ia believed that this Fact Sheet will be or interest to you and \'1111 help to explain the Air Force program for the investigation and evaluation of reports or this nature. :-, 1 .~ttachment Information Division of' Ini"ormat1on PVUIC A"AI U OFFICE OF THE ASSIST ANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON fs/ D. C. 2 0301 MEMORAND U M FOR DIRECTOR OF INFORMATIO N , USA F BJECT: R e f erral o f Correspondence Attention is invited to the enclosed letter from of Trussville, A labama, to Secretar y of Defense McNamar a relative to unidentified flying objects. Cooperation in taking such actio n as you deem appropriate will be appreciated. Peter A . Enckson Directorate for Information Services joes not kno:: :l.... ::tni \IT3.S no~ sone t:1 ing the t helon J I do not go aroilni First lr; t SprinP;, '11./ v11 fe a beautiful blue. Last (earl, cart) hac~ ~rd. Til~ sk: ~1~s up anj 1iscussin~ ho~J be--=iutiful ~t 'lJ3.S. lookir uo at the but ~:e po.:;sit.ivel.: sa:; -::inute, 'Te t:-.e r~-entr 'tF= r e in our :Fe ce look in; ,1e n o t bae :1 not have n0tice'i (2) :-ocV.et nottc-=, as t.l:= p:::.rac-~l.!';e .S~C:J!'liS le'ij ing our n~ t. i"n ~r. -:r.e - criticizej ar1i s~appej o r in .:;neakin Jo~P ~ ou:.=;poken s!.aced tc Toussville, I :ion ' '; know hotJ I addej s o muc h r:1ore, ~;ot;. oein..; c lose to f1r . Ke:~ned:. --I lj::1ve tn my lj.fe (materially) but oh, ho I 've hlesse.i .... '0 man~/ o.~r.e c :Ta:'s especial::_./ ''Ji th -::. ~ar '~':! l)e~:.tti ~ul famil y , un:Je" th~ S~::l-'S O::.!T:l s~::--i::es o:' Clj Glc.r. . (Pl~'3.se e Ecuse L.:) '";hi:: SCl-'tOOl. vol.tn':~crej ~'ro:n >-::: Th~ C-::.p:ain Mesc~ who jeli~er thi s ~lag an1 lev~Cr. (Patriotic Ina':rtJctor ccic2r:Lin~ :rese t,,o r:1en 3.!'1'i 3.lso ~:r. jo~a-aj me~ a~1 (3) truc~s t o ln3~3.ll