1. L>ATE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION) ~-Ii.li ta~ BATJOCl-l Civilian am " NUMI!R Of OIJ!CTS Vir....;i:1ia s. LENGTH Of OISI.VATION 11. IRI!, SU,.,..ARY AND ANALYSIS Rourri or cone shaped object observed by -x: oo server a t Pich.rno: d , 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~rcund.-:'..adar Va throuj1 :'heodolite o.rrl co:-tS:....:ared to ;....::! a 'rolloon. ?ic'~ed up on P.adc.:.::-. / i.:'.red <lir 'li s..tall:,' ncar i3alt:i.!lore and iashi.."1..:,v n :c. Color J:"' o'.)j2 ct ini j: t 3ilver r ... r alu!""'~ :1un. _.:.~ro vic:'tTed ov .... r :allo~.::> I 3l .-nd a .-rl .. "L:.n.:r ot.her ~round l or;::.t.:.o:-ts. 9. PHYSICAL EVID!NC! ~o f'..y out ov ~r .L.t.lanti c . ie1 d an altitude of 145,000 ft.. :in~ t;l.t this hei~t .rere 129 knots, fron Z/0 d e g . Used in cosi.rl.o rcy !research. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Inter-Office Correspondence At 1040, 4 Feb 65, Nr Vincent Ral9igh, Boulder, Colorado callt:d regarding B~I~oo~ observation over Virginia. Yesterday be had i11dicated that their balloon had gone do~ over Arkansas, this >:a::; in error. There is a 95~ chance that the balloon observed belonged to them. The 6 millie~ cubic foot balloon was launched from eage, Arizona on 1 Feb 65, 2300 NST floated to l4o,ooo feet. It uas carrying a Cosmic Experiment. At 1100 EST on 2 Feb 65 the package cut free from the balloon a nd landed by parachute three miles South of Lightsville, Arkansas. balloon normally shatters or bursts after this. They believe it ~ascended to 145,000 feet until sunset at which time it descended in the Atlantic ocean about two or four hours after sunset. vlinds a~ 14o,ooo were 270 at 129 knots. This is only data a vailable on wind .