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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  22 Jan 51 | 50 mi SE of Holloman AFB N.M. | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local GMT 22/1800Z | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☑ Other Gas from balloon. ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  ☐ Yes ☑ No | Project Gopher Obse…

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INCIDENT 22 JANUARY 1951,
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE

On 22 January 1951 while participating in Project Gopher at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, we took off at about 0900 E and proceeded to the balloon launching site at 10,000 ft MSL where we started tracking a balloon.

The balloon was set to maintain a 100,000 ft altitude for a period of about four hours. After tracking the balloon for about one hour on a southeast course and at a point about 50 miles southeast of Holloman AFB, a tiny star-like object appeared next to the balloon. At this time Captain Spradley of Photo Lab and Mr. M…

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SUBJECT: Sighting of an Unknown Object

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Dayton Daily News
9 Feb 51

# Saucer Visiting Balloon?
## 2 Field Pilots Not Sure
Airmen Sight Object While On Mission In New Mexico; AMC Officials Silent

Two Wright Field officers added another chapter to the "Flying Saucer story" last night.

Capt. J. E. Cocker, of the All-Weather Flying Division, and Capt. E. W. Spradley, of the Aerial Photographic laboratory, claimed they "saw a strange object" in the sky while on a test mission recently.

They said they were flying in a C-47 at about 12,000 feet near Alamagordo, N. M. Their plane had taken off from Holtoman Air Force base to track a larg…

16 Feb 61

An Air Force Project named COPNER operating out of Wright-Patterson AFB approx 3 weeks ago, released a 70 foot plastic balloon for the General Mills Company in the vie of Las Cruces, New Mexico. This balloon was intended to ascend to a height of between 10 and 15 miles and stay aloft for a period of several hours. Balloon was accompanied by two pilots operating from Wright Patterson AFB and apparently are the two pilots who have been quoted as stating in Associated Press Release from Dayton, Ohio as having observed an unidentified object in the general area of Las Cruces-Holloman AF…

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Possible origin of flares your 271937Z unkn. There
are no surface vessels known to be in Norton Sound at present.
Aircraft from this Comd have not been in that area recently.

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DTG:
JAN 51

LFWOP3-0673C, attn Dir of Intel.
Refurmsg AAOID 0540, info as desired fols:
Observations were made by 5 people, 1 white and 4 natives between hrs of 1700 AST on dates as fols.
~~[redacted]~~ Missionary Swedish Covenant Church approx 1740, 23 Jan. ~~[redacted]~~ (natives), 26 Jan between hrs 1700 and 1800. Jack ~~[redacted…

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DTG: Jan 51
AAGID 0541 fol unclassified report dispatched from
Marks AFB 270737Z. Fred Ketchatag National Guard at Unalakleet
reports 3 people observed large flare on open water 230 degrees.
magnetic from Unalakleet. Flare also observed 2 days previous…