PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2, LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS
if Was Balloon
24 June 1963 Versailles, Missouri rs Brobebly Balloon
3, DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION pee e se erer
O Was Ai ft
Local 240 Local % Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor oO Probably Aircraft
GMT 25/02402 = 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS — 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
6 Yes }o Probably Astronomical
No Civilian \° Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION §. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE D , Other greys Says
nsufficien a for Eva
20 minutes one Zig Zag,Variable|g Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING JF. COMMENTS

Round white object would get bright and then
dim. Appeared as a light. Initial observation
at 60 deg elevation at estimated altituae
above 60,000 ft. Object in sight for 2o minutes
during which time it would speed up and slow
down ana followed a zig-zag path over the horizon
(behind trees) to the North. Observed through
Binoculars at dusk, some daylight remaining.
Information received by letter and subsequent
telephone call.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

Description of the sighting indicates
a balloon observation. Flight and 2
essential data conform with this
analysis.

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By: COUR SEscuiuuicss wacuevan ware se aes See

| 1. MOVING LIGHT.
| 2. SIXTY DEGREES NORTH, ABOVE 60,000.
| 3. UNKNOWN.
4, ZIG-ZAG, SPEED-UP, STOP. | |
5. BEHIND TREES TO NORTH. :
6. TWENTY MINUTES.
: C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION.
1. GROUND VISUAL.
2. BINOCULARS.
3. N/A.
D. TIME.
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2. DAR - SOME LIGHT IN WEST. | qe

4 E. VERSAILLES, (38-25-30N 092-50-30W).; . : |
F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER. : |

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G. WEATHER AND WINDS. e
1. AS REPORTED BY TRUMAN TEEPLE.
A. CLEAR, MILD AND NO CLOUDS.
2. AS REPORTED. BY AWS DETACHMENT, WHITEMAN AFB,
A.° WINDS: |
SURFACE - SOUTHEAST/6.

6000 FEET 160/20
HIGHER ALTITUDES NOT AVAILABLE.

NONE,

15 MILES,
. THIN CLOUDS AT 25,000 FEET.

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NONE,
UNKNOWN,
NONE,

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N/A.

KNOWN,

K.. JON D NYLANDER, 1/LT, AFSC 8054, INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES,

A LETTER DATED 26 JUNE 1963, FROM BARBARA TEEPLE, BRR L., VERSAILLES,
MISSOURI, CONCERNING A POSSIBLE UFO, WAS RECEIVED BY 340 BOMB WING
(DCOIT) ON 1 JULY 1963. INFORMATION IN LETTER WAS SUPPLEMENTED BY

= jon

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PAGE FOUR RUWGDR 15
A SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE CALL, THE RELIABILITY 0°. AND

FAMILY CANNOT BE DETERMINED, IN OBTAINING THE WEATHER DATA FROM

WHITEMAN AFB, THEWEATHER OFFICER SUQGESTED IT COULD HAVE BEEN A
WEATHER BALLON WITH A LIGHT. THIS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE TWENTY MINUTE

SIGHTINER, ZIG-ZAGGING AND SPEED-UP AND SLOW-DOWN, THIS COULD ALSO
ACCOUNT FOR THE BRIGHT, THEN DIM, LIGHT AS THE INSTRUMENT PACKAGE
WAS SWINGING UNDER THE BALLOON.

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