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p. 11 …The majority of these involved misidentification of synoptic weather balloons . Others involved observations of airborne cosmic ray research equipment, bolides… …The mysterious "saucer" proved to be nothing but a thin-walled plastic balloon made by US Naval Forces…
…There have been no studies, for example, that would compare certain weather conditions with the appearance of certain…
p. 31 …the same Weather Bureau office where he made the sighting in
1947, was making a pilot balloon observation, when he… p. 34 …DON'T WEATHER BALLOONS AND RESEARCH BALLOONS
ACCOUNT FOR MANY UFOs?
Probably the most categorical statement ever made attributing UFO… p. 37 …Kratovil was informed that official spokesmen had attributed the sighting to a
"weather balloon " released from Grenier AFB, in New… 8 more pages mention it …Round
Square
(b)(1)
Balloon -shaped.
Wings/Airtrame
Other Shape
Apparent Propulstnn
Moving Parts
Metallic.
Markings:
Translucent
Opaque…
p. 23 …On that date a weather balloon , equipped with a full instrument load to be jettisoned some 14,000 feet up… p. 35 …If the ultimate explanation for visitors from outer space should be weather balloons , marsh gas, jet engine exhaust or public… p. 49 …And serious students of
UFOs acknowledge that many sightings can indeed be weather balloons , satellites, reflections, constellations and /or commercial… 4 more pages mention it p. 10 REPORTED-UAP ALTITUDES TYPICALLY-REPORTED UAP CHARACTERISTICS
Mt Everest
Commercial Air Traffic
Weather Balloons
REPORTED UAP-MORPHOLOGY
A L L… p. 5 …effective cover story that the object had been a misguided weather research balloon .
EYES ONLY TOP SECRET / MAJIC EYES ONLY p. 17 …effective news story that the object had been a misguided weather research balloon .
EYES ONLY TOP SECRET / MAJIC EYES ONLY p. 55 …Nearest weather station releasing balloons is Spartanburg, S. C. One black balloon was released at 1230 EST.
CONFIDENTIAL p. 60 …These objects could not have been weather balloons as only one balloon was released by the Memphis Weather Bureau that… p. 148 …Distance of object from observer Object was balloon which fell to earth & was investigated by observer
0. Time in sight… 3 more pages mention it p. 7 …of
Contact with the Seattle Weather Bureau Office at Doeing Field, revealed that weather balloons are released every six hours… p. 3 …The Weather Bureau, FAA and Kirtland AF Base said there were no balloons or other strange - appearing objects in the… p. 7 …Many common things,however, are often responsible for such reports, he said.
"Meteors, flocks of birds, weather balloons , even the… p. 160 …The Weather Bureau, FAA and Kirtland AF Base said there were no balloons or other strange - appearing objects in the… 1 more page mentions it p. 3 …The Weather Bureau, FAA and Kirtland AF Base said there were no balloons or other strange - appearing objects in the… p. 7 …Many common things,however, are often responsible for such reports, he said.
"Meteors, flocks of birds, weather balloons , even the… p. 160 …The Weather Bureau, FAA and Kirtland AF Base said there were no balloons or other strange - appearing objects in the… 1 more page mentions it p. 6 …effective cover story that the object had been a misguided weather research balloon .
EYES ONLY TOP SECRET / MAJIC EYES ONLY p. 18 …effective news story that the object had been a misguided weather research balloon .
EYES ONLY TOP SECRET / MAJIC EYES ONLY p. 10 …As the database
accumulates information from known aerial objects such as weather balloons , high-altitude or
super-pressure balloons , and… p. 38 …14 7 32 61 20 13 14 5 210
BALLOON 3 2 1 3 0 3 7 6 2 7… p. 7 …Some of the objects sighted have definitely been identified, upon
further investigation, as weather or upper air scientific balloons of… p. 9 …cy ot
the objects sighted have been identified as weather balloons or astral
bodies, and that investigation is being pursued… p. 13 …to the identification of some of these objects as
weather balloons and astral bodies. The investigation of such reported
incidents… p. 38 …14 7 32 61 20 13 14 5 210
BALLOON 3 2 1 3 0 3 7 8 2 7… p. 31 …THIS OBJECT DID NOT MOVE AS A WEATHER BALLOON . OBSERVER JUDGED TO BE AN INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS MAN SAID HE DID… p. 153 Upland , releases weather balloon with trailing light at 01:15 E.D.T . . . could not be this .
May be just… p. 31 …THIS OBJECT DID NOT MOVE AS A WEATHER BALLOON . OBSERVER JUDGED TO BE AN INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS MAN SAID HE DID… p. 153 Upland , releases weather balloon with trailing light at 01:15 E.D.T . . . could not be this .
May be just… …The mysterious "saucer" proved to be nothing but a thin-walled plastic balloon made by US Naval Forces…
…Weather Report from the Bentwaters weather detachment for the period 21002 to 22002, 13 August 1956 for the…
…global weather monitoring with weather satellites, and dramatically better accuracy in weather forecasting and in warning of approaching…
p. 2 …It was also definitely not a helicopter or balloon . Immediately after
the object disappeared, we did see what probably was… p. 18 …a haze that reflects things from the ground, the fre-
quency of weather balloons and so on.
An Impressive but… p. 22 …Satellites and balloons make no noise while in
flight. Balloons can also hover and suddenly accelerate depending on th6 wind… 2 more pages mention it p. 2 …At that time, due to its erratic movement, I thought I was seeing a weather balloon . I called the CAA… p. 31 HE OBSERVED AT ABOUT FIVE FIFTEEN PM ELEVENTH INSTANT, AN OBJECT SIMILAR IN SIZE TO A WEATHER BALLOON , WHICH APPEARED… p. 71 …DON'T WEATHER BALLOONS AND RESEARCH BALLOONS ACCOUNT FOR MANY UFOS ?
Probably the most categorical statement ever made attributing UFO… p. 72 …A pair of weather balloons (probably radiosonde
balloons but no information thereon given in the files) had been released from… p. 74 …Menzel
concurs
in
the
official
evaluation
of
this
as
a
"weather
balloon ",
noting
that
a
pilot
balloon
had
been
released… 13 more pages mention it p. 293 …5
6
7
8
9
Pilot
Weather tech.
Radar tech.
Tover op.
Balloon obs.
Tech. spec.
Guards, lookouts
Ground or… p. 293 …5
6
7
8
9
Pilot
Weather tech.
Radar tech.
Tover op.
Balloon obs.
Tech. spec.
Guards, lookouts
Ground or… p. 14 …The images are probably not those of balloons as their number is too great and the phenomenon of flaring up… p. 51 …balloons , insects, meteors,
mirages, etc.) have been ruled out, except airplane reflections, on the basis of winds (which the weather … p. 26 …There are two types of high altitude balloons , radiosonde and the Navy Skyhook. They may reach altitudes as high as… p. 23 …such as flight plans of aircraft, records of balloon releases, weather conditions, and an astronomical almanac with the reported sighting… p. 295 …1 Weather tech.
2 Marine 2 Radar tech.
3 Air Force 3 Tower op.
4 Coast Guard 4 Balloon obs… …CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly…
p. 55 …23 weather balloons , 60 aircraft, 96 astronomical objects (meteors, etc.). 4 manmade satellites, and 50 miscellaneous (birds, etc.). In the… p. 65 …the "free press", explain away all sightings as being weather balloons , birds, search lights, mirages, hallucinations, temperature inversions, etc., etc… p. 146 …Darco's statement and enclosure (8) is a summary of weather and balloon release information.
DECLAMING ON NIS LETTER 9… p. 148 …A check with the Navy Weather Central, Kodiak, Alaska revealed that balloons were released at the following times:
22 January… p. 191 …about 10 seconds.
"It stood practically still, like a balloon ," he said.
Then it began to get smaller, finally vanishing… 1 more page mentions it p. 146 …Darco's statement and enclosure (8) is a summary of weather and balloon release information.
DECLAMING ON NIS LETTER 9… p. 148 …A check with the Navy Weather Central, Kodiak, Alaska revealed that balloons were released at the following times:
22 January… p. 191 …about 10 seconds.
"It stood practically still, like a balloon ," he said.
Then it began to get smaller, finally vanishing… 1 more page mentions it p. 4 …The reports of sightings that came to our attention then were either identifiable flying objects (IFOs), such as weather balloons … p. 13 ..
E"'7 time the
public affairs
guy doled out
information, the
story ballooned -
the believers are trying to keep
the… p. 32 …Canada, were checked with negative results, ruling out possibility of weather balloons ; boats or ships; or aircraft. One Navy P2V… p. 19 …of the imagination and as explainable objects such as weather balloons , etc., but that a small percentage of extremely creditable… p. 35 …These range from simple weather balloons , no greater than p. 37 …For one thing, it learned that the Fargo weather station had released a lighted balloon only ten minutes before Gorman… 1 more page mentions it p. 23 …such as flight plans of aircraft, records of balloon releases, weather con
ditions, and an astronomical almanac with the reported… p. 295 …CODE 66 DUTY
X
y
0 Pilot
1 Weather tech.
2 Radar tech.
3 Tower op.
4 Balloon obs.
5… p. 61 …Both sources suggested that the Atlanta pilots had down past an air radar weather observation balloon . Those things. explained, are… p. 69 …MC LAXO
Investigations by this headquarters reveal that a synoptic weather balloon could have been at the location where sightings… p. 62 …Both sources suggested that the Atlanta pilots had down past an air radar weather observation balloon . Those things. explained, are… p. 70 …MC LAXO
Investigations by this headquarters reveal that a synoptic weather balloon could have been at the location where sightings… …attempts to control spread of
information about sightings
57–8, 60; balloons as explanation
for sightings 15, 34…
…These materials, when exposed to the sun and
weather , will degrade into water and carbon dioxide and essentially…
…These materials, when exposed to the sun and
weather , will degrade into water and carbon dioxide and essentially…
p. 9 …Some UAP reports have perfectly normal expla-
nations—satellites, consumer drones, weather balloons , even
pranks—but we need to track… p. 20 …I thought it was a weather balloon . I have seen tests from there
before, a weeknight, you know, normal thing… p. 24 …And some of this stuff can be, I think, debunked,
right? Sometimes, there are weather balloons that look kind of… 1 more page mentions it …He indicated that he has observed small, toy balloons flying through the air, but that definitely these were…
p. 17 …is obtained by photographing polyethylane "pillow" balloons released
near the site under similar weather conditions, checking bird flight
and relfection… p. 15 …The investigations conducted by CODA enabled both the hypothesis of a weather
balloon to be ruled out and the precise… p. 27 …the causes of these have been the moon, planets, aircraft, weather
balloons , reflections from automobile headlights on clouds; etc., and… p. 72 …To protect the Isecret, General Ramey leads everyone to believe it is a weather balloon , the materials of
which ( essentially… p. 5 …it a “flying disc” at first, then a weather or spy balloon .
But he says reports like Roswell date even… p. 1 …The Weather Bureau, FAA and Kirtland AF Base said there were no balloons or other strange - appearing objects in the… p. 6 …Many common things,however, are often responsible for such reports, he said.
"Meteors, flocks of birds, weather balloons , even the… p. 159 …The Weather Bureau, FAA and Kirtland AF Base said there were no balloons or other strange - appearing objects in the… 1 more page mentions it