PROJECT 10073 RECORD I 1. DATE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OSSE~"'ATION 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Po~t ~urri~cn, Cnnad~ 10. CONCLUSION Balloon ./ 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Obs v~r not~d n balloon shaped object. with t~h~t ~.:-eared to "ce cords hanging down from it with d. ~:-:-.=:a.ll objc:=c:, corr:. ~ :t.t!d. 'i'(le obj cct was moving to\.;ard ~:-,c .j & t :Lbout 5 mph, At an altitude of aprroximately 20,000 .A.~ec;-c.. T.~e 0escription is consistent with tht of a b~lloo~ oos e~v~.tion. Although a ttcntpts to locate such d. b~. -.. :oon were fruitless the description is very consistent with such t;.n evaluation. FTD SEP 63 Q.j29 (TDE) Prnloua edlUone of thl form mey be u"ed U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION WEATHER BUREAU SILVER SPRING, MD. 20910 IN REPLY REFER TO: Wl321 jor Quintanella Foreign Technology Division At tent ion: TDElof Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433 :>ear Sir: Your office was suggested as possibly being able to identify or assist in the identification of the object or source of the object described in the copy of the attached letter recently ~eceived from the Director of the Canadian Meteorological From the description it would appear that the object was some sort of constant density or pressure level type of balloon. ~owever, we do not know of any balloons of this type being =~leased in the No~t~ern Hemisphere at this time. ?ort Harrison is l ated due east of Churchill across the dson Bay where =~;ular radiosonde balloons are released. !~ese balloons ex?a~d to a much larger size at 20,000 feet than noted in the description in the letter and probably never cross the Hudson Bay before bursting. We appreciate any assistance that can be given. Sincerely, Special Assistan~ Overseas Operations Division At:t:ac!l. cpy ltr dtd 8/9/66 .7~rsea~ par lor.s ~lvlslon of the Upp~r Air Sto.tio!1, ns fo2.lo,.::: uon July 21st, siz;ht cd in the vicinity the object, ..J:: cords coLoEr, t :w r 8st \:as 1-rhit.e. do1:-n fran it, t-;it,!1 a sr::all c.:d 7 feet high. :_:>roxir.:a. tely ) r.ilcs pa r hour at Si~htinJ l~.::2tion 78 50 Lon:itude, seo 15' La_,vit.ude. -:.io:'1 conce.tnir.--; ~-:-.at this ob ~0c~ 1:o.s, 1~.La.t it.s your ~n:or1r.a(,~on t:-rc s uurce of this rano~tGd Yours ver-r tru Conversation with Hallops Island/reveo.led that they have only been l aunchinB weather balloons lately and they would not reach Canadn. However, if they do find anything they will call us. Othcr\dse they are neeative Convers ion with ONR r evea:led that they launch.cd three balloons on 16 J :..:l 66 however, they '\vent down within 24 hours. No other launches '\vould acco t ~or observation . He had been up in Canda at this time and had heard of not~ing unusual up thereo He said it would be unlikely that any of their bnlloo~s would be responsible for they normally don't get across the Hudson Bay bef~=-e going west-w-ard. Also said that there were numerous radiosonde l aunche s in Ca.r:a=.a that launch dally c.nd that our weather man should be/help us in this N:. , Bo~der, Colorado reported negative results. he did ~ot know of any ba!loons to account for the Dr. 1-lorris observence Lt. Marley, I have revie,.red this sight ins and it seems to fit the description of a balloon launched from Ft. Churchill. However, other stations within a 500 n9utical mile radius of the sighting also launch radiosonde balloons whi ch tend to fitthis description as outlined here by Mr. Noble. Tne only way I know to confirm or at least try to confirm the track of th~se balloons is to request the weather data for the specific launch If you feel that this extra effort is desirable then I will initiate the neccsss.r:r action acquire the data. Sometimes weather balloons will develop a leak, as a result they ne.-~r reach high alti:t:..lde or their normal size. This could be the case iL this instance. However, since ocviously no national threat is indicated and no sc~e~tific benefi~ b e gained, I suggest that the expenditure of t he extra manhours a::::: computer times to reti~ieve this data would not be t1stified. { s) tiJtlj &ni th