PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT: 10073 RECORD CARD
A DATE & LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 7
Wichita, Kansas o Wes Balloen
3 April 1954 o Probebly Balleon
4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Pessibly Balleon
Leoal g Ground-Vioud a Wes Airereft
Probebly Airereft
OMT Wight) a Ain Vloud o Possibly Aircrelt
Wes Astronemical
000 00 Probebly Astrenemicel
civil civ Pessibly'Astronomicel Pessibly'Astronomicel
NUMDeR OP NUMDeR Oi COURSE Other_Birds Other Birds
00 Insufficient Date fer insufficient Det Evaluation luetion
10-12 seconds 10-12 seconds -9 Northerly Unk no wm Unik ne wm
BRMP OAMP ". COMMENTS ENTS
Lighte formation, one vould periodically
drop back and then resume resue position. Sitting
in car facing lorth. Sroed of objects facing Morth. Sreed of objects
extremely extremely t. Stendy flight. Brightnese of
26 deg or deg or stars. ar8
aTie PoRM 33 (R 6CP 590
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WChITA,KAN
luituers
09 4951 03 492
- WPF166
YME832 INFORMATION
YYCO55T
UYDA78
WME057 ECatia
WWC044
C JWFKT D01 .a
RR JEDEN JEDST JEDWP JEPHA JWFDL 555
DE JWFKT DE JWFKT
R 0821342
FM COMDR WICHITA AFE KANS FM COMDR WICHITA AFB KANS
7 7
TO JWFDL/COMDR CTAF RANDOLPH AFB TEX TO JWFDL/C AFD TEX
Y JEDST/COMDR ATRC SCOTT AFE ILL ILL
JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFE COLO JEDEN/COMDR
JEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT PAT
JEPHO/DIR OF INTEL HA USAF
GA2467D. UFOB. MR WICHITA, KANS,
AND DT OF SIGHTING WAS B4G2SEZ APR, W/NIGNT PREVAILING. WNILE
SITTING IN CAR FACING S ON MARKET ST, WICHITA, KANS, (37 DEGREES
38'N/97 DEGREES 1S'WD OBEERVER CAQUALLY GAZED INTC SKY AND SAW
CEVEN TO NINE LIGHTS MVG IN RTHERLY DIR. LIGNTS WERE IN A
V TORMATION AND ANGLE MIGH AND ENTREMELY TAST. OBJS WERE
DEGREE
1 T CIGITED AT A 35 552433 -,&)3, AZINUTH OF 1SD DEGREE AND
PASSED DIRECTLY OVER OEOR'S FEAD. TIE FLT PAT OF THE OBUD WAS VERY
STEADY ALTHOUGH THEY SECMED SLIGNT DIFFIIULTY IN RTNG

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A.
BEICRE RTNG TO PA ATTERN. THE OEJS I RED AT A 35 DEGREE ANGLE AND
AN AZIMUTH OF 350 DECREE. OEJS WERE IN SIGIT FOR PD OF 1B-12 SECONDS,
, MADE NO NOISE, AND LEFT NO VISIELE CONTRAIL. SIZE OF LIGHT CAN BE
COMPARED TO HEAD OF PIN NELD AT ARM'S LGTH WHILE SHAPE COULD NOT BE
DETERMINED. COLOR OF LIGHTS WERE (W), W/BRIGHTNESS BEING CONPARED TO
^ SECOND OR THIRD MAGNITUDE STARS.Q WEA CONDS AT TIME OF SIGHTIAG ARE SECOND OR THIRD MAGNITUDE STARS. Q WEA CONDS AT TIME OF SIGHTIAG ARE
) AS FOLLOWS: WIND AT SURF WAS TEN KNOTS FR 4D DEGREES WIND AT SIX AS FOLLOWS: WIND AT SURF WAS TEN KNOTS FR 4D DEGREE WIND AT SIX
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THOUSAND FEET WAS TWENTY-ONE KNOTS FI THOUSAND FEET WAS TWENTY-ONE KNOTS FR 40 DEGREE; WIND AT TEN THOUSAND 4@ DEGREE; WIND AT TEN THOUSAND
) FEET WAS THIRTY-EIGHT KNOTSFR 272 DEGREE; WIND AT SIXTEEN THOUSAND FEET WAS THIRTY-EIGHT KNOTSFR 272 DEGY
FEET WAS THIRTY-SIM KNOTS FR 27: DEGREE; WEA CONDS AEOVE FEET WAS THIRTY S AEOVE
~
SIXTEEN THOUSAND FEET NOT AVAL. CEILING WAS UNLIMITED AND VISIBILITZ
1 *4% 1 17404 11619 40 A
WAS FIFTEEN MILES PLUS W/NO CLOUD COVER. NO CEL OR MET ACTY IN AREA AT
TIME OF SIGHTING. ONE WEA EALLON WAS RELSD BY THE WEA STA AT BE4SZ.
G4 APR. THIS BALLON WAS OF THE (W) NYLON, ONE FUNDRED GRAN SIZE. NO
^ :
0H0, PHY EVIDENCE IN SIGHTING OF OEJS. CK K/ACAN SITE IN NUTCHINSON, KANS,
) RETULTED IN NEGATIVE REPT. A CK V/BASE. OPR, THIS E, RESULTED IN
> NEGATIVE REPT. INTERCEPTIVE ACTION WAS NOT TAKEN. MR CLIL.GER IS
, THIRTY-FIVE YRT OF AGE, IS ENPLD BY LANTAROP, MAVK AND MERRICN CO,
WI CITA KANS, AT AN INVESTMENT LER. NE IF UNKKOW BY THIS OFF.
^
RELIALILITY RTG IS F-OIM.
S8/2220Z APR JVIKT .

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