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i ll ol ela inal of PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | : | ' 25 Cct 52 STEAD AFB NEV ‘© Was Balloon © iC] Probably Bailoon ‘h. DATE-fimg G2OUP "| TYPE OF OBSERVATION a] 0. Tne eee | (3 Was Aircrafe Local .. ..25/1030-PST.--....._ SOF oun d- Vi sual GO Ground-Readar GO Probably an. 7 ___ SMT __25/ ita hacia ciate Aix Vi wal O Air-intarcapt Radar , 3K Possbly Aircraft | 5 PHOTGS | é& SOURCE 9 Was Astronomical Cc Yes 'C] Probably Astronomical — 2 Tower operators 1D Peasibly Astronomeal en me ees x a ae eo ee — rs renee. = ee | se eee; re ee 7 LENGTH 3* : OUSERVATICN 1 @. NUMRER OF OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE…

wry 2 b, pleas 280 agg. Y WPB@52 farty be YDBa44 ar oe a WY, 7 I Bis KYB@49 \ ( vMA G29 ISA0CT 27. 23:16 CxC 371 } JUPNV G12 , ) ( PR JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN JWPML 444 =“ ca WPNV 33 4 _ ee iS R 2890457 2NJ —aaeeew 7M COCOMPWG 3994 STEAD AFB NEV TO JEPHQ/CG USAF WASHINGTON De Ce JEDWP/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFE OHIO-—" Ca ar ‘JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO JWPML/CG WESTERN ADC HAMILTON AFB CALIF nen ET al ID 3484. FLYOBRAPTe FOR DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, FOR ATIAA*2C. ONE CIRCULAR OBJECT ABOUT SIZE AND COLOR OF _A MEDIUM SIZE ORANGE WAS OBSERVED. IT TRAVELED EASTERLY AT GREAT SPEED AND DISAPPEARED…

PAGE TYO JWPNV 5 A/2C JAMES Le WRIGHT WHO HAVE BEEN TOWER OPERATORS FOR SIX YEARS AND THIRTEEN MONTHS RESPECTIVELY AND WERE ON DUTY AT THAT TIMEs SKY WAS CLEAR VISISILITY 15 MILES PLUS. WINDS ALOFTS RNO 15usz 51602 61695. 1799 S1811 2311 2199 22113 AQiL9 62u15 32212 c221s 32323 52424 22426 52433 92549 --RNO 21992 1202 61392 1602 21996 2428 72087 22114 42123 62419 $2116 32215 52325. ORIGINAL REPORT CAME FROM UNKNOWN CIVILIAN IN RENO SUBURB OF HOME GARDENS. WHO NOTIFIED LOCAL PAPERe PAPER CALLED RENO RADIO WHO CALLED STEAD TOWER, ORIGINAL REPORT IDENTIFIED A 0 FORMATION OF TWENTY OBJ% WITH TY¥O …

{ PROJECT 1 WORKSHEET = f | \ : I, GENERAL | t local: /y 20 (5 | ; Zebra: / FF Ss | ; es C) No | ‘ CyBinoculars Cc) telescope : [1 Theodolite | () {us vo Cj} By One Set : CI By Two Sets : : ( ]By Three Sets : / 6, WAS OBJiCr OBSERVED FROM THE AIR CC) Yes | (NO ___.A/C Observed Object (_]Interception Attempted , | CJNo Intercept Attempted “Tih AIRCRAPT SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT: [) Yos : ; __.A/C Scrambled (") Visual Contact Made (_jA/I Contact Made C-INo Contact Mado i Bb DIittCTION AT ANY TIbE? 4 — aa ee cities ot Eee eget. ee = PR et 7 a oe Ee ae eee lee ee ee ee rf es [-] No <tNormal [Violent …

\ IV. BALLOON DATA | YER BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA’ . E SINCE SCHEDULED BALLOON RELEASE: | Yos No 3A t95 U Minutes * rr . - ——— | AUNCH S&S “S TXWNWIA oF SIGE et » BS. POSSINLE BALLOON ; le chasis: Soha — ore | Describe. location , Launching Agenc} Lighting — V. EVALUATION — 21. EVALUATION OF SOURCE: 202. DETA : (<7 fxeellent CZ Good | C_} Good C_]Fair C7 Fair CJ Poor (—) Poor [_ ] Insufficient to Evaluate (} Unreliable (_) Extremely Doubtful ("J Hoax 25. #INAL EVALUATION: Cj)Was Balloon (_] Was Astronomical (“J Probably Balloon [_] Probably 4; nomical [J] Possibly Balloon [] Possibly Asi cuno…

ROUTING AND RECORD S \ CIFIED { * Topical Intelligence Division, Deputy Director for pate “&DEC i ae Estinates, Directorate of Intelligence, DCS/0 susject, (Unclassified) FLYOBRPT COMMENT NO, _1. FROM: Counter Intelligence Division Capt Brown/fjm/AFCSI=6 Directorate of Special Investigations, IG Code 192/X=1/,0 Forwarded herswith for your information is a copy of a Spot Intelligence Report by the lst OSI District, Westover Air Force 5ase, Massachusetts, dated 29 November 1952, concerning the ee sighting of two (2) unidentified flying objects. 1 4 : hie a \ j Spt Intell Rpt dtd 29 Now 52 ~~ It.…

~~ Se memes L UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 1st District Office of Special Investigations [ Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts 1-08 4947 ‘ae 29 NOV 1952 SPOT INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUBJECT: (Unclassified) UNKNOWN SUBJECT(S): Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft at West Barrington, Rhode Island, at 2205, 26 October 1952 POSITIVE INTELLIGENCE TOs Director of Special Investigations | Headquarters, USAF washington 25, D. C. SYNOPSIS: On 26 October 1952, at approximately 2205 hours, West Barrington, Rhode Island, obser…

ne RL lineal Cea ae ol ee PE Ee 1 PNR Rn) FEPTPRRGIETIH! (tet: 1D~OSI 49-7 \| WULASSIFIED a speed much greater than the fastest jet aircraft and covered approxi= mately fifteen degrees in an estimated one-tenth of a second, ‘fhe urse of the objects was estimated to be due south when first sighted by a vi. was facing a northwesterly direction, Objects were estimated \ to be two to five degrees above the horizontal and maintained that eleva ticn during the entire time sighted, described the color of the objects as "silvery light", unlike any star or meteor, stated the objects appeared to be over…