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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  20 March 1967 | Tampa, Florida | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local ONI 21/0050Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION approx three minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE see below  |
|  10.…

20/1950Z 200357-1 23

WPH225WPD192 YDB168 VYB154 VDD108KBA038
PP RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEPNB
DE RJESKB 2D
P 212030Z
FM COMDR 660TH ACWRON MACDILL AFB FLA
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
RJESKB/COMDR 35TH ADIV DOBBINS AFB GA
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INT CNTR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INT HQ USAF WASH 25, D. C.
INFO RJEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWALT AFB NY
BT

/UNCLASSIFIED/OPS 01461 PD ATTN EADF CIO PD
1. LARGE LIGHT NO SOLID PART VISIBLE DUE TO DARKNESS PD
A. NOT DEFINITE OBSERVER SAID IT WAS MORE ROUND THAN ANYTHING ELSE PD
B. APPROXIMATELY SAME AS A/C LANDING LIGHTS…

PAGE TWO RJESKB 2D

I. NONE
2. NORTH THEN STOPPED - TURNED 180 AND WENT SOUTH RADIDLY
- A WAS OUTSIDE WITH FRIEND AND IT CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION AS BEING A BRIGHT STAJ PD
B 10-15 DEGREES AND TO THE SOUTH PD
C VERY HIGH AND TO THE SOUTH PD
D STRAIGHT SLOW COURSE FROM THE SOUTH HOVERED (1 MIN APPROX) CLIMBED TO THE NORTH VERY HIGH DARTED SOUTH OUT OF SIGHT
E WENT OUT OF SIGHT PD
F APPROX 3 MIN PD
3. GROUND VISUAL
A GROUND VISUAL
B NONE
C N/A
4. 1950Z 20 MAR 57
A 0050Z 21 MAR 57
B DUSK
5. 17 MILES N. W. MACDILL LAKE ELLEN TAMPA, FLA
6. MR UNKNOWN TAMPA FLA PH
THIS MAN SAYS HE WAS IN THE NAVY AS AN A…

C 26,000 BROKEN SCATTERED
REMAJK: WEATHER FORECASTER (M/SGT FREDERICK) AT MACDILL BASE
OPS STATED THAT A WX BALLOON WAS RELEASED AT TAMPA INT AIRPORT AT
1600 E AND THAT THE BALLOON WAS 12 TO 16 FEET IN DIAMETER AND THE
SETTING SUN COULD POSSIBLY MAKE IT APPEAR ORANGE. AT THE TIME OF THE
SIGHTING THE BALLOON HAD SUFFIME TO REACH
THE JET STREAM THAT WAS PRESENT OVER MCDILT ET 30 TO 40,000 FT
280 DEGREES TO 100 DEGREES ( THIS INFORMATION WAS TOLD TO OBSERVER AND
HE IS CERTAIN IT COULD NOT POSSIBLEY BEEN A BALLOON PD
D 15 MILES
E BROKEN CIRUS
F NONE
8. NONE
9. N/A
11. 1A/C SE OF OBJECT AND IT TURN…

12. NONE FD
BT
21/2110Z MAR RJESKB

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