PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6312417

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1949

REPORTED LOCATIONGreenville South Carolina

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Cora Siav he nmed.
PROJECT 10073 RECORD
" .. -3 CROUP 2. OCATION
15 Auguct 19 16/00302 Greenville, South Carolina
3. souRe3 10. CONCLUSION
Civilion BALLOON.
The object was a Geological Weather releaced in
Ono 18 Tonnessce.
5. LENGTH OF CDSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMAR D ANALYSIS
Not Roported The object was doscribed as round, fairly large, grey, moving
6. TYPE OF ODSERVATION in a Northeasterly direction at an undetcrmined speed. No
sound was heard and no exhaust was seen. Appeared pe movin
Ground-Visual at a constant speed and constant altitude.
7. COURSE
3. PHOTCS

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was broken, 9000 scattered, 30 miles thun-
derstorms in all quadrants.
3. Tw itnesses reported the unidentified flying objects. One of
the witnesses was not identified and the other was Mro
Avenue, Greenville, S employed at the Municipal
Airport.
4. No phc ble.
object was described
fairly large, grey, moving in a northeesterly direction at an undetermined
speed. No sound was heard nor was any exhaust trail visible, its altitude
was estimated to be 5000 feet or less. The maneuverability is not known,
6. All reports were received via Plar 62 interphone by Maxwell Flight
Service Center from Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center. The Atlanta
ARTC received them from the Greenville Municipal Airport Control Tower.
7. The section of the 316th Troop Carrier Wing investigated
this incident further and determined that the u unidentified object was a
Geological Weather Service balloon believed to have been released in Tennessee.
INTERVAIS.
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 6200.10 n
Copies furnished: GEORGE NEFFINGEE
Chief of Staff USAF Major, "USAF
Washington 25, D.C. Commanding 7-
ATTN: Director of
Commander MATS
ATTN: Chief, Intelligence Div UNCLASSIFIED
CO, FLIGHT S .C 712-23
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ATTN: A-2
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AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WAS SIGHTED OVER GREENVILLE SC AT 193OESTPD
WEATHER AT THAT TIME WAS HIGH SCATTERED 40C0 SCATTERED 15 MILES VISIBLITY WEATHER AT THAT TIME WAS HIGH SCATTERED 40C0 SCATTERED 15 MILES VISIBLITY Y •
AT GREENVILLE AIRPORT AFB AND 25000 BROKEN 9000 SCATTERED 30 MILES AT
GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT T WITH DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS ALL QUADRANTS T WITH DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS ALL QUADRANTS •
GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
WITNESSES: MR **P*EMPLOYEE RESIDENCE *
GREENVILLZ SC AND ONE OTHER R UNIDENTI WITNESS PD
NO PHOTOGRAPHS OR SKETCHES AVAILBLZ PD
DISCRIPTION: 1 ZACH ROQND FAIRLY LARGE GRAY SPEED UNKNOWN N HEADING .
NORTHEAST MANEUVERABILITYHUNKNOWN ALTITUDE 5009 EET OR
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BELOW NO SOUND OR EXHAUST TRAIL REPORTED
OBJECT REPORTED TO BE MAINTAINING CONSTANT SPEED AND ALTITUDE PD ALL •
REPORTS TRANSMITTED TO THIS CENTER BY ATLANTA AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC •
CONTROL PD OFFICER OF THE DAY AT GREENVILLE NOTIFIED AND IS S TO
MAKE FUTHER END PD •
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. DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. •
UNCLASSIFIED DOD DIR 5200.10