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2. LOCATION

25 June 55
3. DAT E-TIME GROUP

Hillerest Heights
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

aa as) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

Maryland_

12. CONCLUSIONS

6"“Was Balloon
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Possitly Balloon

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5. PHOTOS 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
StiNe __ civilian & military re 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D Other Siintiiicormens
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
¢ Min i rE 0 Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS ee
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trail 4 to § ities the length of object. No — 7/22/55 + Prob Ball.
sound. Sometimes stopped, then "oscillated,"
then moved off at high speed. Erratic WX Balloon released from Silver Hill
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I, SOURCE : qq SII
Addres iii |i Vcrest Heights,Uaryland

Age: 5h
Occupation: Administrative Ass't oe (Wash).

Education: Collegs Graduate

wualifications: Good vision and above average-intelli gence

Il. RELIABILITY: Good

IIL, SOURCE'S DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING: SOURCE had been standing in the
iveway of his home when his son brought his attention to a strange object in the oky,
the first impression was that it might have come froma landing goar of an aircrafs,
however, the absence of noise seened to ae this out as a bap pepe bs The tine of the
Orisinal sighting was 10:43 P..i. EDT. A brilliant red ball of Light was passing ove rheat
yom east to west at what SOURCE estimated to have been 2000 to "3000 feet. There was no
visable outline of the obj ect nor was there any trail of exhaust. There wes also no
sound of aircraft aloft in the area, which is extremely rare,

SOURCE further estimated the object's course to have been on a direct
line from Andrews ANB, “G., to “ashington Nat'l, Airports It continued on this couras
until directly over Washington Nat'l, where it hovered for ten to fifteen seconds, As the
Object hovered, iis Licht. blin‘ed. oft for appr roxima tel eps A seAgioie 2 *hern cama back o
shifting cour se abruptly 50° to the Lert. As the object proceeded now on a southwesterl
course, SOURCE called next door for Iaj. Curcdes to come outside and help identify the
object. It then shifted directions several tines as it rose gradually, disappearing

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finally into the overcast, he phenomenon was observed for a period of ten minutes.

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REFORT NO. Part Four

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SUPPLEMSNTARY INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS:

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1. A check with the Air Traffic Control Center at Vashincton National Atrrport
revealed that the only information which they had on the UFOB was what hat been relayed

them by Maj. Curdes, They had received no confirmation either from their units er from
“ay surrounding radar installations.

2. The Ass't. Operations Officer at Andrews AFB was contacted. Confirmation
nevative., The above-referred officer contacted the Local AC&! Det GCA unit, each givin:
negative reports.

3. haj. Springer and Capt. Casey at Bolling AF3 wee srations reported negative
confirmation of the June 25 sighting. Capt. Casey helped contact the Flicht Service
Center at Washington National, which was unable to offer any confirmation,

t. Supt.of the ‘iashington Naval Observatory,

kh. A phone call to Capt.Gray, Ass’
shted by his faculty fof over a2 year. Results negati

revesled that no UFOB's had been sis

5 The Director of the Georgetown University Observatory was contacted but was
unable to give confirmtion. Their observations on the night of 25 June had been restrii
sd to less than an hour due to a heavy overcast.

6.4 check with the Silver Hill “eather Observatory (Hiller rest Heights, d.),
located approximately five blocks from the area of first slehting of the UFOB, produced
the following information: Namely, that twice daily, 0500 “ST and 220 ape weather
balloons are released fro their station. One of tT, ese balloons had bern roLecsed at

32 s&s

about 10345 LUST, 25 June 1955, containing a small —brhent —o Pega aty lig¢ht. The ground
wineés at 10:45 EDST were 7 Knots bast. (Fro the east) | ,t 2000' the wind Wea fram the
MB. At 6000" the wind had shifted to the NW. Such wind conditions could easily have

carried the palloon along the approximate path of the unidentified object.

7. The Baltimore Filter Center was contacted but no information could be furmidh-—
ed on the June 25 sighting.

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&. The Ground Observer Corps Hdq. in the Pentagon vas contacted. Results negati

9. Both the Processing Branch and D&D of DCS/OPS,Hd).USAF were contacted but
results were negative .

10. Col. Mason at the Command Post, BAG olsen was called by telephone , but aside

from the information which Maj. Curdes had relayed to him nothing acditional had been rasor
ported to his office in regard to the June 25 sighting.
11. Finally, the tcs/ »MATS ,Lt/Col, Rhody,-was interviewed at Andrews AFB. He
surrendered a copy of his report of the incident to the 4602d AISS coil ho ofr
From conversations which he had had with the authoritisas at the Silver Hill 3
regarcinz weather and wind conditions et the-time of the balloon's “release (10+, a

Z of, 5 DST 25
J una 1955), Lt,Col. Rhodes concluded th.t the UFOB sizhted could have been this very sas

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Weather data during observed flight of UFO3:
Ceiling Condition of Clouds Visibility
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Winds Aloft during observed flight of UFOB:
Altitude Degrees Knots +
6,000! 250 25 |
10,000 270 Lo -..4 |
18,000 24,0 | 50} |
20 ,000 £ 250 ,  _— :
30,000 280 - 65
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Flight 3-H, 4602d AISS | BH-UFOB-6-55 7 es ee

COMMENTS:of Preparing Officer:

1. The opinion of the Preparing Officer is that the UFOB sighting of 25 June
was in fact the sighting by several observers of a weather ballom being carried .loft
through shifting currents of air. It is further the opinion of this officer that the
balloon sighted by the several observers in Hillcrest Heights,laryland was the saie |
which was puisneed by the Silver Hill Weather Observatory at approximately 26 /0245Z Ju5p. |
a.The object!s§. general appearance end behavior seen to have been very |
deceptive to the observers on the grounc,. alee |

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(1) First, the object's sppetant-speed seemed to rule out all possibi NV

of its being a balioon. Hovever, this could easily have been the

Geception created by the balloon's low altitude at the tine it was
first observed,

(2) The object's altitude could easily have been misinterpreted by ths 3
observers on the ground since the absence of any sound being emitted
fron it , in addition to the fact that it was nightfall and the |
object was suspended in space, would hava made it virtually imposs ble

for an observer on the ground to have sccurately estinated its
altitude.

b. All SOURCES when informed of the coincidence in time of fine release

of the Siver Hill Observatory balloon and their sighting of the; UFOB Gonferred that

the two objects could well have been one and the same Lm 5

3/4) ALL/SOURCES vere\awars of the neakness éf thd Silver Hii ‘Observa or
to their observation posts in Hilicrest Haishts.=
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: (2) SOURCES generally acknowledged this Officer's belief that the
sporadic action of the object can be explained by the constant .
shifting of wind currents at various altitudes during its ascent,
and that the brilliant light observed on the object could easily

have been the glow: from the magnesium bight attached to the Silve
Hill balloon. —

(3) The Searehlisht beam neutralizing phenozenon which vas noted in tile
original TT message vas what the ‘Hillcrest Heights observers est]
seemed to sea, yet in fact it was probably caused by advertising deax
searchlights in the city some 10 miles eway. A clicking on and of:

at the source of light or a sudden power failure at the source might |

have given the effect of their being neutralized to an observer i.
miles away.

c. In the absence of any positive radar or other confirmation of the
nature of the object sighted, and in view of the overwhelming coincidence surrounding tlic
release of the Silver Hill Weather Observatory balloon on the night of 25 June 1955,

this Officer concludes that the phenomenon observes vas the aseent of the Silver Hill
vizather balloon.

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CLUUNTS of Approving Officers: i
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AF FORM 112—-PART It ee

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Ras (Apency) REPORT NO. Part One

Flight 3-H, 4602d AISS . | 3H-US0B-6-55 2 9

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I. SOURCE: git Lt/Col, USAF
Office: queen ss /Pens, MATS Hdg, Andrews AF3,Md,
Home Address: aie. Hillerest Heights, Maryland

Age: 38
Occupation: Lt/Col., USAF

Education: College Graduate

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Qualifications: Senior Pilot
II. RSLQABILITY: Excellent
III. SOURCE'S DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING: (The following is a verbatim account)

" On 25 June at approximately 10:45pm (EDST), my wife and I were vigit-
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at their <a - hillersst ‘a: At approximately;
10:45, a nelghbor of the Mr. » callsd iiaj to come outsids ted

bservs an object in the sky, which Mr. Zunwalt didn't or couldn't identify. ve all went
cutside and Looxed. The object was a yellow light in the sky, which vas moving from East |to
fast, then SW, and moving very rapidly. It seemed to stop and hover for about one minute
then move to the left(SW}. There were no airplanes flying at this tims. The sky was overdast
pita tive to. seven—tenths Coverage, visivliity cover fifteen miles weer the overcast, Tha
cp ject seemed to bs controlled, because it seemed to hover for awhile and then move. The

size and shape can only be guessed at. It was round or at least resembled a glowing lichi

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noject for approximately six minutes, after which tine the object disappeared,”

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I. SOURCE:

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Office: Office of Manpower & Orzganizatim, MATS Hda., Andrews ANB,
Maryland. .

Home Address gies, Hillcrest Heights,Mearyland.

Age: 35 |

Occupation: Major, USAF

Education: Three years cbllegs

Oualifications: Sentlor Pilot

Il. RELIABILITY: Excellent

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IIL. SOURCES DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING:

" We had just finished dinner and had begun watching television on ths
evening of 25 June 1955 in my home in Hillcrest Heights, Washington 21,0.C,, when our
neighbor, Mr. gifs, knocked on the door and yelled for us to coms outside to observe
something (a flying object), which we might be able to identify. “Myself, Col AMBER and

guasta went cut on the

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Ve saw a bright, yellowish—crange object, avproxinately 7 elevation, traveling at zrea
speed in a zigzag course to the Southwest. It stopped and hovered once, then circled and
departed in a straight line due west. It appeared to quer’ the vicinity of Washington
National Airport from our position as it disappeared into the overcast, at about 30°
elevation. When it had disappeared, I again checked my watch and it was 10:51 P.M. EDT,
The object at no time emitted any noise, nor did it change color or
intensity. It appeared to have a triangularshaped tailcone attached to -th=.pound object
the size of a grapefruit. Both the tail cone and the circular part of the light were of
the same color and intensity. At no time did this object change color, nor did it appea
to get larger or smaller from ths time of my first observation until it disappeared int

the overcast."

front lawn and I lisediateiy checked my waren, It was 10:45 RpiRR

(Signed)

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