PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8687823

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONSewart AFB Nashville Tenn

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1, DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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mula be Lllogical +o conclude ‘that a balloon moving .5 kmota an hour
tuld Sravel the distance from -Jemchis to lasaville in two hours.
‘owever, the position or balloons at =xtremely aim altitudes ars

misleading tinless exact agicuths and altitudes (above horizon) ars

imown, Additionally, the movements of talloonms must be considered

‘rea the beginning or the flismmt rmrofile as the radiocsome is
for only about two hours, give or take several :iimites. Zo that you
and I fully understard sac! her and to attempt to rule out one of
the ovidently erroneous corclus ion, will have to 23k that you furnish
two separate (time) resition rerorts on the obviect siviag azimuth,
sltitude and tins, each from a known location (longitude and latitude).

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There i3 no orzanization in the Derartment of Dererse known as
vhe Strategic Al> Defense Commami. Tou are prooably referring to CLL
orta American Airtefense Command, located at Colorado Syrings,
yolorado. STRAC is the aboreviation for Strategic Army Corss and,
23 Tar as we can determine, has no commection with launching and

recovery of oszonesondes amd radiosondes,

From two to ‘welve balloons of various coni ‘igurat: iors are launched
daily from over 1CO locations throuzgneut the United States. The
wruisude of gven the smaller balloons at axtrene sly } nign altitudes is
ch, late in the afternoon, to cace the Salloon avcear larver than

a actually ise A radicsomie, cori sering its soni ya sion, could

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APB, Tennessee, 23 May 1961.

>. Jacks Creek Radio, located about 93 nautical miles southwest of
Jashville, reported that a balloon was at high altitude northeast or
=heir location. A local TV station employee watched the object through
s telescope and positively identified the object as a balloon with a
‘ox underneath attached to a cable. When the sum was far enough below
“he horizon, the object passed into the carth's shadow; then it could
no longer be seen. Two Navy pilots, while flying at 47,000 feet, saw

the object and judged it to be a balloon.

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tellisence lenter bas been referred to “hig MLS.

\i2S has investigated the signting you rerorted.
resorted a similar sighting during the sare weriod,

Jacks creek inosa Nadio, located autical iciles

Lanville, roported that a balloon was 1¢ Mm aitit:

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cr tneir location. A local U7 station mpLOyVS® watched
‘conga & tolescere ani sOsitively identiMed the o0Ject as

Loa a box underneath istached to a cable, yen the

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‘eau COMelision ig that the cbiect -rou saw was =rotadl Loe
~~ altisude calloon rerorted by Jack Creek Area Madio

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