PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6789654

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONLake Silkworth Pennsylvania

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
PER Was Balloon
2_Uay_1957 Lake Silkworth, Pennsylvania 10 Probobly Belleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local.. Ground-Vi sual Ground-Rader Was Aircrafr
000 D Probably Aircroft Prooably Alrcrof?
GMT_02/18157 GMT_02∠18157 Air-Visual Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircralt
5. S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
DYos 000 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other. Other_
0 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
15 minutes one overhead/statipnary
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
One round, grey pea-shaped object seen One round, grey pea-shaped object seen Description, duration, Description, duration, indicate
directly overhead. directly overhe Object moved out of Object moved out of that this sighting was caused caused
range in fifteen minutes. range in fifteen minutes. by a weather balloon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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2/18152 2/18152 0205-5-7- C20S5
Musluers ATIG ATIG
BAlLOON BAllOON
17 17. 552 55z
3 MaY 57 10 3 May 57 10 4E4 4E4
WPH027 WPG212 YDB179 TYD193 TMB219NBA156NBG046 3 4x22
RR RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEPNY O
DE RJEPNB 4G " +
R021630 Z
FM COMDR 648TH AC&W SQ BENTON AFS BENTON PA
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO /
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH 25 D C
RJEPNB/DET 3, RYPWND AISS STEWART AFB NY T
RJEPNY/26ADIV ) ROSLYN AFS ROSLYN NY
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UNCL/ACDODO 16. S SUBJECT: UFOB REPORT. (1DESCRIPTION:
KAROUND (BC PEA (C) GRAY (D) ONE (E) NONE-POSSIBLY A
BALLOON (G NONE (HNONE(I)NONE(2)D DESCRIPTION OF C
COURSE: (A) ACCIDENTALY NOTICED (B) DIRECTLY OVERHEAD ¸
(C) 45 DEGREE ANGLE EAST (D) CONSTANT (E) OUT OF RANGE
FOR THE HUMAN EYE (F) 15 MINUTED (3) MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
(A) GROUND VISUAL (B) NONE (C) ) NONE -
(4) TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: (A) 1815Z /2 MAY 57 KB) DAY
(5) LOCATION OF OBSERVER - PM 502 KYL I IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
OF ALL OBSERVERS: A iet
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PA A B) NONE KUL WEATHER G& WINDS-ALOFT CONDITION
AT TIME& PLACE OF SIGHTING: KA) CLEAR (B) 10,000 FEET-
330 DEGREES, 4D KNOTS (C) C CLEAR (D UHLIMITED (E) NONE
(F) NONE (8) NONE (9 NONE (10) PM 5020 K KQQL 8
Q1 LT EUGENE I HALBACHN ASSISTANT T OPERATIONS OFFICER - WEATHER
BALLOON (12) NO NE
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