PROJECT 10073 RECORD fi "t;,. ;e . TIME GRouP 2. LOCATION Iowa (1 Witness) CONCLUSION NlJME\ER OF OBJECTS BAJJDQN was launched at 0600Z by the local weather bureau. 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ):) Minutes ~. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Groun:i-Vis' 1a l 9. PHYSICAL EVID!HCE Observers watched object start and stop whUe moving in its nort."lerly direction. The object circled to the left, rose and was gone evidently to the north~ Observers were approx- mtely 7 miles SW of Sergeant Bluff. . A weather balloon was released from the top of the admin- istr~tive office located at the Sioux City ~1gicipal Airport in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. The general direction of too ballocn was to the north ani rising. UNCWSIFIED DIPAIIMINI Of lHI All FOIG nAFP MISSAOI INCOMM MBSAGI ACTION: RDC-4 INFo~xoP-1; XOPX-2, S , NIN-7 (18) StJ.B A04 3 CZC BV A5 02 . ArN CY XOPX & DIA PTTU JAW RUCISKA0005 2131427-UUUU--RUEOHQA. FW. 30 AD IV SIOUX CITY l'I.AP I C';:A TO RUWMFVA/ AOC RUWTFLAI1B AF RICHARDS GEBAUR AF~ 0 RUED HQA/ HQ USAF RUEOHQ . .V CSAF WASH DC UNCLAS 30Ci'~ 01078 AUG 66. fCR ft.DOIN AT ADC; 1010N AT 1lAF; AFSC <FTO> ~.T AFSC; AFNIN AT USAF; SAFOI AT OS~F. SUBJ: UFO REPORT. REF ~ARA 14A, Sl~ N; C3) ALTERNATING WHITE, YELLOW, REO AND (1) THE i\E,.<-; DSCR NliGHBORS AFTER THEIR CHILDREN HAD SEEN IT; <2) 50 DEGREES WEST, HEADING NGRTH; (3) DISAPPEARED OVER SIOUX CITY, ICV,A, WHICH IS 7 ~ AFHQ Milts 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCWSIFIED DIPAITMIIIr Of THI All FOICI SIAff MISSAGI IHCOMIMI MISSAGI tRTH OF AREA OF ~IGINAL OBS~RVATION; <4> OBJECT SEEWED TO START AND STCf RAPIDLY YiHILE MOVING IN ITS PAGE 2 RUClSKA0005 UNCLAS NCR THERL Y 0 I RECTI ON; <5) OBJECT c' RCLEO TO THE LEFT, ROSE AND V .lS GONE EVIDENTLY TO THE N(,RTH; (6) OBJECT WAS VISIBLE APPROXI~lATELY 30 i~'INUTES. REF PARA 14C: (1) SEEN EY NAKED E. YE FRat BACK YARD OF HOUSE. REF PARA. 140: <1> 0600Z, 13 JUL 66; (2) NIGHT TIW.E AND CLEAR. REf PARA 14E: SERGf.AN1 tiLUFF, ICWA. REf 4644 S?T S~, CO~r~UNICATIOt\S C~f\lER COIL 762). RELIABILITY UNKNC:n:. R::f PARA 14G: (1) CL::AR; <2> SURFACE 140 DEGREES Ct ll lNG; C4) CLEAR AND 12 :~ ILES; (5) ~0 CLCUD COVER; PARA 14H: A ~ ~ ~S~ INVER SIC~ EXISTED WITH A RISE IN TE~:PERATUR~ AT HIGH~R ALTITUDES. REf PARA 141: NONE. REf P;RA 14J: AT APPROXI~ATELY 0600Z ON THE AFHO wed 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED . UNCWSIFIED DIPAITMINr OF lHI All FOIG STAFP MUSA. IIAJKH IHCOMIH MUSAGI IGHT OF 31 J UL 66 A WEATHER BALLCCN rAS RELEASED FRO~ THE TOP OF iHE AD~.INISTRATIVE OFFICE LOCATED AT THE S I OU X C I T Y ~UN I C I PAL A I R P CR T l N S C.R G E AN T BLUFF, I CWA. PAGE 3 RUS13KA00~5 UNCLAS THE GENER~l OIRECTJON ~AS TC 1 NORlH AND RISING. REF PARA 14K: THOMAS I. ~OY, 1ST Ll, USAF, ACTING Je AIR DIVISfON l~iELLIGENCE OFFICER. THIS ~Ff ICER FtELS THAT THE OBJECT SIGHTED ~AS 1Ht WEATHER BALLOON RELEASED BY THE U.S. ~.EATHER BUREAU LCCATE[J If\ SlRGEANT BLUFF, I 0.\'A. REF F.!RA 14L: A \\'EATn::R Et.LLOON V.'AS RELEASED BY THE WEAT:-;::R BUREAU. UNCLASSIFIED