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Page ID (PID)	MAXW-PBB2-875
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Tho do^:-!^'';.''1''^ c_  ir.TJit''.^nt I7o* /;0 io J-t-t;''".--ii \.v/-''i ''".:* :
of l-aic  V:r;:-i;,-^ ::o. H6    Alcci,  in c:" ;.'',;. :..oicn cf t''..j r_v,
uppjr V?$- ''   a- ''.''t ''-j vojiy Vdli!:.3?y tt.:it Co t:\llcr:j3 v.ould hr.vj ^p:-
than a f    r.i3 jo t. r^t.rard of Al"     ;,on''i, clwho^jh ^.t nunt ta c.c''.nitiod
that a lie:-j flight noot of tin l.-.vuohir^ F3^* oould iiot ts rulod out
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o.    Incident ITo. 1*7 Ibriip3.roa oo^v.jJnt In tl-.o with
Launchi*.?3 IIoJ 10 of 5 July 1^:7.    V.6-.:jror9 t^lloon Ho. 10 although not
 roodv(orod vaib ]z:z,:in to hzvo bson do-mod nortl^not of Arjuiv.arqv.-j, i:o^
lr.Dr.3QOm    T''o r;ao not r^oovorod duo to ln^r,ccability of torrain,    Inoidont
I7o,   lljj  io c. r-".vr-:-.blo  d?-.=rlotion of tl.:. TO .flJc  r?.:..v:.:-.a t.."? ?":.''. r.r.:l
tiL.j of tliD i''opjit:il inoid.LTi;   (1J>O6 CCii1)   io ciLaut 1/2 hour Loforo tl:3
tittso of balloon roloaGO  (3JU52 11CT), thus tho inoidont''oould riot have
been that balloon*
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d*    Zt is of in tore ot to noto that inoidont No.  122 tos ro port-
ed by an ozvplo''j-zo of thoco Laboratories T;ho had oonoidorablo ozporionoo
In tho uso of t^llocas of all kindo- andj oould have beon dOpordod ujpon
to know tho appjaranoo and bohavior of a balloon if it uaa this he  saw.
e.    Insidont Ho.  163 boars a fair doaoripition of tho> eppoaranoo
of a largo plactio balloon in ounoot light.    Tho objDot''o dioappDaranoo
oould bo coooimtDd for oith^r by ito nor^ziont into tto oarth''s cunoot
hadorr or by ncl''jitil dofocj3ing of tho ob-orvor^s oyoo*    This iaoidont
oou^Tpoaolbly hivo boon ballcon roloaoo Ho* 75 or l!o f6 or 20 and 21
frcn Alejiosordo* '' Eulloon llo* 75 ^^o rooovorod at Holliotor,
i, v.hich ia In tho ilcntoroy1 B^y arbat on 22 July l?l and oould
have easily t~-d a trajootory v:hich nould havo boon within iclcht of tho
Los Anglos cj*oa    Balloon Uo. 76 tras xpvor rooovirod*     1% io poooible
''that it had; a trajaotory sinilAr to Bo. 75*                                  ,            ''
f  All othor roportod inoidonta froia 1 to 172 do
not sood to
have reasonable comparison with balloons launched by these Laboratories*
3    The balloons used by these flaboratorios are now sommhat
standardised*    Thoy are 20 feet long* plaotio, whit in color, and
hea-spheroon-oone in shapa*.   Nearly all launohingi are ca.de at the
"\Eollonan AFB at[Al&nogonlo, t^sr I^zloo*    Two photograph prints are in-
closed hoTiiiig the appoaranoe and *1>9 of those balloons*    The larger
photograph shows the typical flight appaaranoe at any altitudes where
It would be visible*    It is hoped that this information nay bo of some
use to you in identifying future ins ports J of incidents.
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