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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  1y August 1952 | Hickam AFB, Hawaii | ☑  |
|  3. DATE TIME OF CARD | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑  |
|  1715 | ☑ | ☑  |
|  2. PHOTOS | 5. SOURCE | ☑  |
|  ☑ | 6. CIVILIANS | ☑  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF SIGNERS | ☑  |
|  3 Minutes | 1 | ☑  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS | ☑  |

Balloons released at 1700 from Pearl Harbor

ATTG FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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ACTION
19 Aug 52 10 36

RE073
WPA116
YDB077I
TYA095
TDB079
JEZ D058
AGA B 33
OPOP JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN 333
DE JHPCR 22A
OP 190920Z
FM CO 1500TH ABW HICKAM AFB TH
TO JEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE HOS USAF WASH DC
JEDWP/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
INFO ZEN/COMPACDIVMATS HICKAM AFB TH
WRIGHT-PATTERSON ATTN CLN ATIAA-2C PD
COMPACDIVMATS ATTN CLN CHIEF INTELLIGENCE DIVISION PD ABW-AGC-612
FLYOBRPT ONE ROUND CMA SHINY METALLIC APPEARING OBJECT HOVERED
OVERHEAD MOMENTARILY CMA MOVED THROUGH ESTIMATED TWO ZERO DASH
TWENTY FIVE D…

PAGE TWO JHPCR 22A

CMA AND THREE WITNESSES PD WINDS ALOFT EAST NORTH EAST ONE TWO DASH EIGHT K PD THREE SCATTERED CLOUD LAYERS AT THREE ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET CMA FIVE FIVE ZERO ZERO FEET CMA AND TWO FIVE ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET PD METEROLOGICAL BAOLOONS RELEASED AT PEARL HARBOR AND AT BARBERS PT NAS AT ONE SEVEN ZERO ZERO
19/0943Z AUG JHPCR

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PROJECT 10073 WORKSHEET
I. GENERAL

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. TIME  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  19 Aug '52 | Hickam AFB, Hawaii | Local: 1715 Zebra:  |
|  4. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND? | ☑ Yes ☐ Asked Eye ☐ Binoculars ☐ Telescope ☐ Theodolite | ☐ No  |
|  5. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED BY GROUND RADAR? | ☐ Yes ☐ By One Set ☐ By Two Sets ☐ By Three Sets | ☑ No  |
|  6. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE AIR? | ☐ Yes ☐ A/C Observed Object ☐ Interception Attempted ☐ No Intercept Attempted | ☑ No  |
|  7. WERE AIRCRAFT SCHAMBLED TO INTERCEPT? | ☐ Yes ☐ A/C Scrambled ☐ Visual Contact Made ☐ A/I Contac…

IV. BALLOON DATA

21. WERE BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA? ☐ Yes ☐ No
22. TIME SINCE SCHEDULED BALLOON RELEASE: _____ Minutes
23. POSSIBLE BALLOON LAUNCH SITES DOWNWIND OF SIGHTING:
|  Location | Type | Launching Agency | Lighted? | Describe Lighting  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  a. |  |  | Yes | No  |
|  b. |  |  |  |   |
|  c. |  |  |  |   |
|  d. |  |  |  |   |
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V. EVALUATION

21. EVALUATION OF SOURCE:
☐ Excellent
☑ Good
☐ Fair
☐ Poor
☐ Unreliable
☐ Extremely Doubtful
☐ Hoax

22. DETAILS OF REPORT:
☐ Good
☑ Fair
☐ Poor
☐ Insufficient to Evaluate

23. FINAL EVALUATION:
☐ …

PROJECT 10073 WEATHER DATA SH

|  1. DATE OF OBSERVATION | 2. TIME OF OBSERVATION | 3. STATION OBSERVING  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  4. WILDS ALOFT: | ALTITUDE (feet) | VELOCITY (knots) | DIRECTION (degrees) | ALTITUDE (feet) | VELOCITY (knots) | DIRECTION (degrees)  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   | 0 |  |  | 25,000 |  |   |
|   | 1,000 |  |  | 30,000 |  |   |
|   | 2,000 |  |  | 35,000 |  |   |
|   | 3,000 |  |  | 40,000 |  |   |
|   | 4,000 |  |  | 45,000 |  |   |
|   | 5,000 |  |  | 50,000 |  |   |
|   | 6,000 |  |  | 55,000 |  |   |
|   | 7,000 |  |  | 60,000 |  |   |
|   …

REMARKS
This statement to support the FLYOBRPT (AF Form 112) prepared by Capt Mervin M. Taylor, 94th Ftr Intcp Sq, George AFB, Calif. dated 22 August 1952

|  FROM NAME OR TITLE | DATE  |
| --- | --- |
|  27th AD, DOI, Norton AFB, Calif | 2 Sep 52  |