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, PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD. .
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1. DATE ‘) ~. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
X Wos Balloon
16 duly 195. Fairbom Ohio 0 Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belleon
Locel Wee R Ground- Vi suol 0D Ground-Rador pace ay ot
GMT 17/0200Z — 0 Air Vi suol D Air-intercept Rodor © Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
OXNe = = Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other
S a Dota for Evaluation
nown
Cf See ee 1 SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Color was bluishewhite. Altitude extreme, Evaluated as balloon.
Hovered and moved from side to side similar
to free balloon, No sound.
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Office “Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : 4t Col Ray W. Taylor DATE: 17 July 1951 (y
FROM : Mr. ll | - ADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALSY _
dO CT ASSIFIED AFTER -12 YEARS,
SUBJECT: pees: : 7 ASeFTED
Between the hours of 9 and 915 o'clock the night of 16 July 191, I
sighted this object which I took at first glance to be a star, I kept looking
for approximately a second before I realized this object moved. It appeared to
be at an extreme altitude and had the brilliance of an ordinary star. It had
the same characteristics, such as bluish-white in color; and also seemed to
glimmer mch in the menner of a star.
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_. The movement became very noticeable toward the Southeast. I had an ex-
cellent reference point, since the eave of the roof formed a line directly
South to North in my line of vision.
I called this object to the attention of my wife, who was sitting nearby,
and I asked her to corroborate the movements as I described them to her. Mrs.
WE acreed in every instance, and to her it appeared the object moved at
extreme speed. Froma relative standpoint the object moved perhaps two inches
in my line of vision, and then hovered in the manner of a helicopter. It again
moved in a side to side manner, such as a free balbon would, for a considerable
distance, then hovered once more. It continued on its Southeasterly course, and
. becamé dimmer as it entered a sort of haze at that time around the moon which
was approximately at 2 o'clock to my position. I asked Mrs. Qa to keep
watching it while I "phoned Colonel Taylor, and while doing so it passed from her
view. The time elapsed was approximtely five mimutes as described above. . From
my position it came from } o'clock and progressea to 11 o'clock relative to the
moon.
My reaction was that this object was at a very him aAttivuue, ana at
its height mst have moved st great speed. I was conscious constantly of previous
descriptions and while I tried with difficulty to not be influenced by these
descriptions, I will say the movements checked. At the time there were no sounds
either from traffic or from air traffic, which is characteristic of this location,
hence there was no sound. There was a star in the Eastern horizon, name unknown
to me, which I also used as a reference while watching this object. The move-
ments were unortnodox of any airplane, since the "flight" direction was not
always constant, but in general the object movgd in a Southeast direction.
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