Pi~OJE :T 10073 RECORD 1. DATE i 'ME GROUP 2. LOCATION Price, Utnb 3. SOlJRCE 10. CONCLUSION Civil1=.:-. Probable (-E "IJ..CON Y .s. NU MSE R ,:,c OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ! 6. TYPE OF OSSERVATION 7 . C Ou RSE 9. PHY 5iCAL E VI~ENCE 0~ zcrv~r '"~ s dri vi.ng along, wh~n be ob&erV(!d on tl':e ~ide of the ro::'ld ca th~ ground wmt c~p~arcd to b~ a hrgc, teo.r sh~ped b:lUooa, br:tllli\ntly li tcd tbrou3hout its intcr- 1o:-. To hie ~.n:~zc:c:lnt, obzorvcr G~tcd object took orr !rom tho ground. Ho im:s~d1Qtely called tor the occup~tG o: h1a CQr who verc nolcep. Wn~n object rc~Ch3d A height tb~ light~ d:1rrr..JC&. dam Q:il it" r~gulat"d o;1d ta~n At an Anglo it tcok ott. T:;:-..yton, Cl1i..o . i~ djd v~r:r J.i ... , i; l e ni.c ' ... t drivln~ O;' th~ trjp, but off f'rom t ~rotl!lde I i~tr:1didt~lv c ullcd fo ~ thd ot r OCCil~ants of n'v Cd r to 8~r:.).k~. i 1 th~ obt ct ~eJcher a 1ie1~ ht ~;u0h tha.t 'l.!T.~ lcokii" ttough re~lat~d br ~ rh~ostat, and then ~t ~n arnazi~g ~P d th~ obj~ct c~r~ared t o take off a nd vre T~tl -~d it 2s 1t climb-:!d ln-':o th~ J1~y until it r~ot ~:-:Yl"lll.!r lhl!!l tt:; st~rs and O'Jrned O '.l t 1)~:"::>rc re;,chin~ T:l'b ~J. t _ l s o , ;:!"il~ ~.l!" ::.tt:!n~ion yra;; pinn~d on th~ obj e0t jt:5~lf, I ~o not r~t;:-.l:!. ;:.ny lj hts o n the c:r o,;nrl aft !r tf1~ ob ct TD:T/UFO (MaJ Quintanilla/70916/mhs/30 Sep 67} Ul'O Observation, August 23, 1967 1. Reference your unideQtif!ed observation \lh1ch you reported 1n your recent letter. of August 23, 1967 2. Although ~e did not perform a thorough inv~stigation, since your repo:t is over thirty days old, ~e do feel that you pos~ibly obGerved a. balloon. 3 There have been o erous cases of plastic clothes bags being us~d to ~eke hot air balloons. The balloon is usunlly seen as a gloving , translucent obJect, usuallY ~bite, red or yellow in color. The balloon Udual~ stays aloft from five to f1teen minutes nnd ~hP.n the c andles burn down to tbe balsa platfor~ (usual method of production) the light goes down or out and pieces or fiery balao can be seen to rall. 4. This is not en evaluation on your sighting but only a description o one ot the more comznon c auses of s ightinga this summer. 5 Inclosed is a ir.o ?orm 164 ~hlcb you can co~plete and return to this office in the inclosed envelope if you ~ish t~e Air Force to peri'oi:n an investigation on your observation. We !Da:f be unable to make a positive identit1ca~1on on vhat you observed since many records are mt kel)t over thirty days. . ~ C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF 1 Atch or Technology and Subsystems ?f.D Form 164 ~/envelope