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in. gne oO : : an : reported at 30K at about 60° to 110°, Steadily rising is also in- dicative of weather balloon. Noe 1933: No date given; very little information; oamnot de- termine object termine object. No. 194: Definite identity established by M.I. 3 No. 1953 Very little information, only radar pipe; cannot de- termine If weather balloon or not. NO» 196% Radar scope observation only; object travelling directly z a vp 7 3 oO & into wind. Cannot determine if balloon, but unlikely. 8 ry, No. 197: Almost certainly the comet discovered by the Sydney astronomer. No balloon could have reached a tain at the time the ob ject was sighted inasmuch as the sighting time and release time were almost simultaneous. No. 198; No visual observation; radar blip moving at high speed and constantly changing direction. If radar report is accurate, couldn't possibly be a balloon. No. 199: Wind, time and number of objects sighted rule out pos- empntaanine ae wo sibility of weather balloons. No. 2003; Definitely not weather balloon. Course southerly, wind almost due North at all levels. Only station releasing balloon in this area is North of Crescent City. ) No. 201; Pilot balloon sounding released from Azores station at 300 %. Time of sight "about" that time. Desoription sounds very much ike lighted pilot balloon sounding. Only discrepancy is speed which is reported from 25 M.P.H. to SOO M.P.H. If the lower speed is cor- ect, object may be almost certainly assumed to be a weather balloon. et © © “4 No. 202: Time of sizhting was five hours after last scheduled release tine for any rawin or pilot balloon sounding, thus discounting a balloon leak, would put it far too high for easy sighting. Defin- itely not a weather balloon. Wo. 2043; Again last scheduled release was over five hours prior to siphting. Only possibility, and a definitely unlikely one, is a ighted balloon falling in flames from an extremely high altitude. a No. 20k: Venus. ene ee) =) No. 205: No date given on this, therefore, impossible to check wind flow pattern. Time, two hours after scheduled release time for Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis, Mo. balloons. Declassification Authority: NND 57565