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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  17 July 44 10/0245Z | Barua, Ohio  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | BALLOON  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Drawing, motion, flight, and all characteristics of a balloon observation are present.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  10 Minutes | Witness observed object and followed it in their car. Object disappeared by rising. Drawing of object tear-drop shaped with light.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  Ground-Visual |   |
|  7. COURSE |   |
|  EE |   |
|  8. PHOTOS |   |…

TDFCC/Maj Mills/57223
Meteorological Data
DEC 3 1964

TDEW (Maj Quintanilla)
(TSgt Moody)

1. Reference your November request for meteorological data. The attached data are for 1964 dates: 2 Apr, 18 May, 9-10 and 18-19 July.

2. I have extracted the wind data for Boston and Cleveland areas.

3. Please call if any further explanations are needed.

GEORGE MILLS II
Major, USAF
Meteorologist

8 Atch
1. Boston and Cleveland winds, 18-19 Jul 64
2. Madison, Wisconsin,
2 Apr Surface Data
3. Washington, D.C. 18 May Surface Data
4. Portland, Me., Boston, Mass. and Nantucket, Mass. July 16-19 Upper Wind …

Bossen Area Winds 18-19 July 1944, Local Times

Directions in degrees from which wind blows, e.g., 248 is a 29 wind 270 is from the west. Speed in knots.

1000 Fs
Local
18 July 1900 L
Degrees
240
250
260
270
270
270
270
260
260
260
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
19 July 0000 L
Degrees
240
250
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
19 July 0000 L
Degrees
240
250
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260
260

N-10-12
610-18-0C
Page 1

|  *Identification  |   |
| --- | --- |
|  TOLEDO, OHIO (Express Airport)  |   |
|  Elevation of observation point 210m  |   |
|  PIBAL 75th, Mer. Orientation 360°-South  |   |
|  41° 36' N.  |   |
|  085° 48' W.  |   |
|  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE  |   |
| --- | --- |
|  WEATHER BUREAU  |   |
|  WORDS-ALOFT COMPUTATION SHEET  |   |
|  (LANDSTATION FORM)  |   |
|  WBAN-29  |   |
|  Year | Month | Day | Time  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Actual time | 3954 | JUL | 18 031  |
|  Standard | 3954 | JUL | 18 031  |
|  Accession No. | 5715 |  |   |
|  Type of balloon |  …

Termination
Alt. for
100 & 300 m.
are with
respect to
ground, alt.
for other
standard levels
are in km., mst.

|  12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17 |  |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  180 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18 |  |   |
|  105 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19 |  |   |
|  110 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20 |  |   |
|  115 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21 |  |   |
|  120 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22 |  |   |
|  125 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23 |  |   |
|  130 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24 |  |   |
|  135 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25 |  |   |
|  140 …

10

TOTAL, Wgts
FIRST ST.
END IA,
END IL,
SCS-688,
Hands Site

Tuscumbia
Alt. for
100 & 200 m.
are with
respect to
ground, alt.
for other
standard levels
are in bn., mst.

|  3890 | 58.2 |  | 2390 | 25.4 | 16 | 79 | 5.0  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  17 | 4110 | 61.0 |  | 2300 | 197.3 | 17 | 1108  |
|  492 | 69.4 |  | 2350 | 191.5 | 18 | 66 | 4.2  |
|  4560 | 66.5 |  | 1990 | 186.3 | 19 | 53 | 4.8  |
|  4730 | 62.3 |  | 1930 | 180.6 | 20 | 70 | 2.4  |
|  5000 | 64.5 |  | 1850 | 178.6 | 21 | 50 | 1.0  |
|  5200 | 71.3 |  | 1880 | 177.3 | 23 | 25 | 1.6  |
|  5300 | 7…

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610-12
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
24VOLUME 610-12
RECEIVED
1964 JUL 17 18
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
VINOS-ALOFT CONFUTATION SHEET
(LAND STATION FORM)
WEAH-20
Accession No. 7561

|  Type of balloon (2a. 2d) | Origin the following:  |
| --- | --- |
|  Name of Station | Lor. and S-ing.  |
|  Local Standard 75 | Local Standard  |
|  T. of Station | Method of obs., e.g., row-standards, row-rowin, pibal  |
|  Type of rowin, e.g., | P.BRT-57,  |
|  P.BRT-1A, | F-1C-1,  |
|  F-1C-1, | F-1B-5,  |
|  F-1B-5, |   |
|  Name of | Station  |
| --- | --- |
|  Lor. and …

July 17, 1964
9:45 P.M.

On the night of July 17, 1964, my husband and I were returning from the Sears store in Middleburg Heights (commonly called Southland) via the Big Creek Parkway. It was a clear hot night and we drove through the park at approximately 15 M.P.H. enjoying the cooler air. We were headed south nearing the Whitney Road exit when my husband, pointing directly ahead through the windshield, told me to, "look there!" I myself did not see anything until he made a left hand turn onto Whitney pulling off onto the shoulder of the road beside the park sign. He opened the car door and …