PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. DATE - TE GROUP 2. LOCATION

31 Oct 19°
3. SOURCE
FIVE CIVILIANS

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10. CONCLUSION = RATIOON (WEATHER BALLOON)
Weather balloon launched at 19007, from Annapolis, Ma

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

JE

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
18 mins

11. BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Small round obj extremely bright & shiny was observed at

a stationary position, 70 deg elev and 90 deg az. Obj ex-
ploded in a burst of white smoke and broke into two halves.
One half appeared to fall rapidly until out of sight and
the second half appeared to fall more slowly.

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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

0 Vee
0 Ne

FTD ser ¢2 0-329 (TDE) previous oditions of this form may be used.

7. PAREN A PAREN CLEAR CMA BRIGHT DAY WITH NO CLOUDS. PAREN B PAREN
ANNAPOLIS WEATHER AT 3419392 SURFACE 165 DEGREES AT 6 CMA WINDS ALOFT
AT 3119347. 6,999 - 349 DEGREES AT 2%, 19,990 - 550 DEGREES AT 29.

5,99% = 369 DEGREES AT 30. 24,099 - 36@ DEGREES AT 359. 25,009 - 369
DEGREES AT 35e PAREN C PAREN UNLIMITED. PAREN D PAREN EIGHT MILES.
PAREN E PAREN NONE. PAREN F PAREN NONE.

3 CMA 9 CMA 14 NONE 2%. UNKNOWN £2. EVALUATION POSSIBLE WEATHER BALLOON.

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1 PAREN A PAREN ROUND. PAREN B PAREN PEA AT ARMS LENGTH. PAREN C PAREN

"XTREMELY BRIGHT AND SHINY WITH POSSIBLE RED CASTe PAREN D PAREN ONEs
PAREN E PAREN NOT APPLICABLE. PAREN F PAREN EDGES CLEARLY DEFINED.
PAREN @ PAREN NONEe PAREN H PAREN NONE. PAREN I PAREN NONE.

2. SOURCE LOOKED UP TO OBSERVE A FLIGHT OF FOUR F-5iS AND SAli OBJECT
\SOVE THEM. PAREN B PAREN 7% DEGREES ELEVATION AT 90 DEGREES«. PAREN C
PSR2EN SAMEe PAREN D PAREN MOTIONLESS. PAREN E PAREN OBJECT EXPLODED

'N A BURST OF WHITE SMOKE AND BROKE INTO TWO HALVESe SOURCE OBSERVED
iE HALF FALLING RAPIDLY AND WATCHED IT UNTIL IT FADED FROM SIGHT HIGH
iN THE AIRe THEN WATCHED SECOND HALF FALLING MORE SLOWLY UNTIL IT

ALSO FADED HIGH IN THE AIR. PAREN F PAREN {4S MINUTES.

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Se PAREN A PAREN GROUND VISUAL. PAREN B PAREN SNALL JAPANESE BINOCULARS
PAREN 3X20 PAREN WITH COATED LENS.

‘t's PAREN A PAREN 3219552. PAREN B PAREN DAY.

Se NINE MILES DUE EAST OF ANNAPOLIS CMA MARYLAND.

cs PAREN A PAREN [CeO Cli, QO Cr) Oe CNA CAMDRILLS
~A MD CMA NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTOR UNKNOWN RELIABILITY. PAREN B PAREN
SOURCES WIFE. PAREN C PAREN MALE NEIGHBOR. PAREN D PAREN NEIGHBOR

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