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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  20 October 65 | SNOW HILL MARYLAND (FILE CARD W/ DOVER AFB)  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | BALLOON  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Balloon was identified by NASA Operations, Wallops Islands Station, Va.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  N/A | The object was observed over the Eastern States by many observers. A direct report of the balloon observation was not made to the USAF. Only reports received was by radio and newspapers only. On 21 oct 65 a call …

October 26, 1965

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

The balloon is shaped like a blimp 13.7 to 16.5 feet long and 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…

October 26, 1965

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

The balloon is shaped like a blimp 13.7 to 16.5 feet long and 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…

MENO 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…

No 2402
(Information Only)
20 OCT 1965

HEADQUARTERS
1607TH AIR TRANSPORT WING (MATS)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, DELAWARE, 19301

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: ODOTI
SUBJECT: UFO Recovered at Dover AFB, Delaware
27 October 1965

TO: FTD (TDEW) (UFO)

1. Reference Telecon between Sgt Moody and MSgt Fernandez on 25 October 1965 in which FTD requested further information on the identification and return of balloon to NASA.

2. After notifying FTD (UFO) on 21 October 1965 that the object would be sent to them for identification, we received a phone call from Mr. Robert Ladd, Washington repr…

The Washington Post
Washington, DC
City and State News Service
October 1965
Page B-3

# AFO Reclaimed

Two attaches of the Air Force base at Dover, Del., were and got the mysterious "flying" that guided last Wednesday in a several-hundred leading near a hatch. Superated at Snow Hill by Mrs. George Hop.

Mrs. Hopkins said it appeared to be made of plastic with a wingspread about 10 feet and what had like valves of some several of them 12 to 16 feet long. Anyway, it seemed her chickens and the men from Dover mumbled something about it looking like a new target and acted like it sort of scared th…

Morning News, Wilmington, Del.
8 — Fri., Oct. 22, 1965

# Strange object called balloon
## Md. mystery deflated

SNOW HILL, Md. — The object which fell from the sky behind a Snow Hill, Md., hatchery Wednesday afternoon may be a weather balloon, a spokesman for the manufacturer said last night.

Robert Ladd, manager of the Washington office of the G. T. Schjeldahl Co. of Northfield, Minn., said he based his theory on a description of the find—an inflatable, winged object 12 to 14 feet long, with a wingspan of 10 feet. Ladd said he would begin an investigation at once.

MRS. George Hopkins, owne…

HEADQUARTERS
1607TH AIR TRANSPORT WING (MATS)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, DELAWARE, 19901

ODCTI

UFO Recovered at Dover AFB, Delaware 27 October 1965

FTD (TDEW) (UFO)

1. Reference Telecon between Sgt Moody and MSgt Fernandez on 25 October 1965 in which FTD requested further information on the identification and return of balloon to NASA.

2. After notifying FTD (UFO) on 21 October 1965 that the object would be sent to them for identification, we received a phone call from Mr. Robert Ladd, Washington representative of the G.T. Schjeldahl Co. of Northfield Minn. From our des…