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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  19 October 65 19/2030Z | Vero Beach, Florida  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | BALLOON  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  4 minutes | Object was described as a large silver lightbulb-shaped balloon. Disappearance was made by exploding. Fragments and valve were picked up by power company men who had been alarmed. Couldn't understand why there was a power shortage. Fragments of the balloon had landed on the wires.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |  …

Vero Beach

DEC - 8 1965

Mrs. Hunt/man/SAFOICC/71128/7 Dec 65

Dear Mrs.

The balloon which was recovered near Vero Beach, Florida, was manufactured by the G. T. Schjeldahl Company, Northfield, Minnesota. This particular balloon was probably launched from Cape Kennedy in preparation for the Gemini 6 launch.

The Schjeldahl Company has supplied approximately 1500 of these metalized mylar plastic balloons to the Marshall Space Jet Center at Huntsville, Alabama, for launch at Cape Kennedy. They are meteorological balloons which collect data on temperature, pressure, and density of the atmosphere…

HEADQUARTERS
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

DEC 2 1965

TDRW/UFO
SUBJECT: Balloon, Vero Beach

TO: Hq USAF SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt)

Reference the balloon which was recovered at Vero Beach, Florida. It can be stated that the balloon was manufactured by the G T Schjeldahl Company, Northfield, Minnesota. This particular balloon was probably launched from Cape Kennedy just prior to the Gemini 6 mission. The Schjeldahl Company has supplied approximately 1,500 of these metallic mylar balloons to the Marshall Space Cente…

The News Tribune
FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA

Nov. 24, 1965

Washington, D.C.

Dear Miss [redacted]

Got my aluminum "light Bulb" back from Wright-Patterson Air Base, but no explanation of whose, from whence, whither headed, or why.

Not to mention what it is.

May I expect a report on same from your office?

Very sincerely yours,

THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Clippings enclosed

MISS SARA HUNT
Community Relations
SAFOI
Pentagon,
Washington, D. C.

MEMO FOR THE RECORD

BALLOON:

1. Wallops Island, NASA, is conducting a series of tests, using blimp-like balloons in an experimental project. Balloons are manufactured by the G.T. Schjeldahl Co (Schell-dahl) of Northfield, Minnesota. The balloons are blimp shaped, 13.7 to 16.5 feet long, four inches in diameter, metalized mylar plastic, and the balloon has 3 inflated fins off the tail. Balloon can drift for several hundred miles, depending on winds. Balloons have serial numbers, and DR-Design Release Numbers.

2. The G.T. Schjeldahl Co also manufactures another type balloon. This balloon is a…

October 26, 1965

The Langley Research Center is conducting a research
jeet with experimental balloons at Wallops. The manufacturer
of these balloons is the G. T. Schjeldahl Company, Northfield,
Conn. A series of six of these balloons are being launched
on the current tests.

The balloon is shaped like a blimp 13.7 to 16.5 feet long
about 4 feet in diameter. It has 3 fins off the tail which
are also inflated. It is made of metalized mylar plastic.

One was launched October 19, two were launched October 20,
one on October 25, and the other two in the series may be
launched today.

One of these …

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