PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
26 August 1954 0 Was Balloon 1
Danville, Virginia 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT 26/11152 GMT 26 /1115Z AirVisual AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other UNIDENTIFIED
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 Minutes 2 Vertical Vertical Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 111. . COMMENTS
Elliptical vrith dome on top 8 X 20 ft - Elliptical rith dome on top 8 X 20 ft - 1 observer - engraver and minister 1 observer - engraver and minister
silver with orange glow. Hovered then silver with crange glcw. Hovered then Reliability unknown. Winds low speed unknown inds low speed
climbed side by side disappearing in 2 minuted. from west.
Clear visibility 7 miles in NW at 30 deg Clear visibility 7 miles in NW at 30 deg UNIDENTIFIED
elevation. Got brighter as object climbed
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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26/1 DANVILLE UH 101
IN ACTION -
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JEDLS A131 -
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00 JEDWP JEDEN JEPFF JEPHO JEPOW JESRO 0666
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TO JEPHO/DIROFINT HO USAF WASHDC = -
JEDWP/AIR TECHINTCEN UPAFE OHIO
JEDEN/CONDR ADC ENT AFB COLO JEDEN7COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO (
JEPFF/COMDR MATS ANDREWS AFE WASHDC WASHDC -
JEPQW/COMDR CONAC MITCHEL AFB NY
JESRO/COMDR HQ FLTSVC ORLANDO JESRO/COMDR HQ FLTSVC ORLANDO AFB ORLANDO FLO (
1 DESCRIPTIONS
A. ELIPTICAL WITH DOME A ELIPTICAL WITH DOME ON TOP
B. 8 FEET BY 25 FEET
C. SILVER WITH ORANGE GLOW AT EITHER END ORANGE GLOW EXTENDED 10 FEET
D. TWO
E SIDE BY SIDE ON LEVEL PLANE
F. ELLIPTICAL 2F FEET LONG G 8 FEET THICK WITH DOME ON TOP
G. ORANGE GLOW EITHER END EXTENDING APPROX 1D FEET
APPEARED BRIGHTER AS OBJECT CLIMBED
H. NO SOUND
I. NONE

PAGE TWO JEDLS 56A
2 DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OEJECTS
A. NOTICED TWO OEJECT HOVERING
B. NORTH WEST OF ELEVATION 30 SIGHTING DISAPPEARED
VERTICALLY -
C. OBJECTS HOVERING AT DISC SIDE VERTICALLY
AT TERIFIC RATE OF SPEED DISSAPPEARING
C. CLIBED OUT OF SIGHT 1
E. TWO MINUTES )
73/ MANNER OF OESERVATION en o Oeoenvion
A GROUND VISUAL AGROUND VISUAL
B. NONE
C.M/A C.N/A 724029
/4/ TIME AND DATE 74/ TIME AND DATE SIGHTING
A. 26/1115Z
B. DAY
75/ LOCATION OF OESERVER
AAPPROX 3634N 785LW
B. M
767 IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF OBERVER
A. CIVIILIAN ANVILLE VA
OCCUPATION ENGRAVER AND MINISTER RELIABILITY UNKNOWN
77/ WEATHER AND VINDS ALOFT -
A DAYLIGHT CLEAR AND GOOD VISIEILITY +
B. SURTACE 225/ DEGREES 3 KNOTS
6EL0 362 17 )
26. 1-
16mmC 27: 14
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PAGE}$ THREE JEDLS 5SA
C. CLEAR
D. '7 MILES
E. NONE
F. NONE. - -
/8/ NY OTHER /8/ ANY OTHER
A. NONE i
(9) PHYSICAL ()PHYSICAL SIGHTING SIGHTING
A. NONE A. NONE
/1S/ INTERCEPTI /137 INTERCEPT ACTION ACTION -
A. NONE
/11/ AIRTRAFFIC IN THE AREA OF SIGHTING
ANONE
FLT SV CEN
/13/ NO FURTHER' INFO AVAILABLE THIS CENTER
26/1835Z AUG JEDLS

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