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DATE 2 LOCATION ~T12 CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon

Probably Balloon

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19-20 Oct 61 Grand Caymen Islend, West Indies

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Bolloon
88 ont OD Wos Aircroft
Lecol 21-5 >+- yO Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Roder O Probebly Aircroft
| cut D Air Visvol © Alrintorcopt Reder | 2 Possibly Aircroft
| 5 PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomicol
“D Ne *ivilien O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE O Other
(o insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Pe ane mateo yr trrati . o Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGELliptical objt orignt- |}. COMMENTS Weather stormy. Leads to con-
er than Venus, ovel in shape with small lights | clusion of } issible balloon obsevation
moving ~-$s@ around objt. Moved erratically however + itnesses were meteorological
ane ehamged Girections. technicians who should have knowledge of
upper air balloon cbservations. Request
| for additions) info not fulfilled due to
location of observers. Case listed as
insufficient date.
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UNCLAS OPG/@018M. UFO REFERENCE AFR 290-2 PAR 15:
A. (€1) ELLIPTICAL
(2) N/A
(3) BRIGHTER THAN VENUS
(4) ONE
(5) N/A
(6) OVAL IN SHAPE AND APPEARED TO HAVE SMALL LIGHTS THAT
MOVED CLOCKWISE AROUND OBJECT AND BRIGHTER ON BACK END.
(7) NONE
(8) NONEV

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INCOMING

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(4) MADE A LOOP AND ERRATIC AND IRREGULAR MOVEMENTS AND
WAS OBSERVED TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS WHEN IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND
CLOUD BANK. BRIGHTER THAN ECHO SATELLITE AND MOVED MORE

RAPIDLY.
(5) YES
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AD-2320@ CODE 191 EXT 496; 94 497 BUSINESS MANAGER SEVERE
STORMS RESEARCH PROGRAM US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER
BUREAU WASHINGTON DC.

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1100TH OPERATIONS GROUP/YOUR UNCL MSG OPG/0018M DrpD 31 OCT 61

REPORTING THE SIGHTING OF A UFO IN THE WEST INDIES. YOUR REPORT DOES
NOT CONTAIN SUFFICIENT INFO FOR A VALID CONCLUSION, THEREFORE REQUEST
AN INVESTIGATION BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2 DPD 14 SEP 59
AND ALL INFO BE FORWARDED TO FTD ATTN: TD-E. SPECIFICALLY THE
FOLLOWDVG INFO IS REQUESTED IN ADDITION TO OTHER PERTINENT INFO. WHAT
WAS COMPARATIVE SIZz OF OBJECT? WHAT WAS THE ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH
IN DEGREES OF THE OBJECTS WHEN FIRST AND LAST OBSERVED? HOW LONG DID
THE WITNESS OBSERVE THE OBJECT? REQUEST COMPLETE WEATHER DATA BE
INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. REQUEST ALSO THAT AN ATTEMPT BE MADE TO

LOCATE OTHER WITNESSES AND INCLUDE THEIR IMPRESSIONS IN YOUR REPORT,

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