PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2, LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
e miles SE of Pinecustle AFB, Fla
12 Aug 55 O Was Balloon
: 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a | a ead
Cf Was Aircraft
ne 2/1600 1 Ground: Vi sual G Ground-Radar GQ Probobly Aireroft
GMT Z D Air Vi suel © Air-Intercept Rader |9 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS O Was Astronomical
| O Yes O Probably Astronomical
48 Ne QO Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ee
creenee Detea fer Evaluatio-~

L min 1 W nknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Wheelbarrow flying upside down. Globe or
balloon with a metal frame attached to the
top. Clobe was black. Same size as B-47.
Reciptrocating acft.

Prob B-L7 a/c.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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JFOB SUBMITTED IAW AFR 299-2. i+ DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT.

4. DESCRIBED AS A WHEELBARROW FLYING UPSIDE DOWNe A GLOBE OR

BALLOON WITH A METAL FRAME ATTACHED TO THE TOP. Be REPORTED TO BE
ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS A B=47~e Ce FRAME WAS METAL COVERED AND THE

GLOBE WAS BLACKe De Ade Eo N/Ae Fe N/Ae Ge NO EXHAUST VISIBLE.

4e SOUNDED SAME AS RECIPROCATING AIRCRAFT. Ie N/Ae 2e DESCRIPTION
OF COURSE OF OBJECTe A NOISE Be LEVEL Ce LEVEL De HEADED DUE WEST
ON STRAIGHT AND LEVELe Ee FLEW OUT OF RANGE OF VISIONe Feo

IN SIGHT ABOUT 1 MINUTE. 3-2. MANNER OF OBSERVATIONe Ae GROUND VISUAL.

'3e NEG C N/Ac. 4e TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTINGe A 121639Z-. B DAY

5. LOCATION OF OBSERVERe LOCATED 25 MILES SSE OF CITY OF ORLANDO,

'FLAe 12 MILES SE OF PINECASTLE AFBe LIVES ON LINE OF OSCEOLA AND

| ORANGE COUNTIES ON HIGHWAY 15. 6«e IDENT NG INFO OF OBSERVERe

BAe CIVILIAN MRS OUD FLA.

|3. WIDOW, HOUSEWIFEe 7. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT AT THE TIMEe

'Ae SCATTERED SHOWERS. Be WIND WEST AT 25 KNOTSe De 29233 FT

| SCATTERED, 5299 MEASURED OVERCAST. DS MILESe E 2/5 Fe THUNDERSTORM

IN SOUTHWEST QUADRANTe 8&8 PINECASTLE AFB WEATHER STATION RELEASED

4 BLACK WEATHER=BALLOON AT 1128 THAT DAY WHICH HEADED DUE E

| THEN REVERSED ITS DIRECTION. 9 NEG 13. NEG 11-¢ DPUTY DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS, 813 ADIV BELIEVES THAT THE OBSERVER SAW A B=47

| MAKING A PENETRATION TO PINECASTLE AFB WITH AFT MAIN GEAR DOWN.

| PRESENCE OF HEAVY CUMULUS CLOUDS IN AREA COULD CAUSE SUN REFLECTIONS

THAT WOULD RESULT IN A HALO EFFECT AROUND ACFTe 12. NEG

| 13/11182 AUG

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