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IT ISN'T A FIERY SAUCER--A Kansas City civilian employee of the Army releases an 8-foot balloon with an attached foil-covered radar target. Mounted on the truck is a radar cone to plot the course of the garget, used to check wind direction and velocity. If you see the balloon don't get excited about "disks." (Louisville (KY) Times, July 9, p. 2)
A RADAR KITE--NOT FLYING DISK
A civilian employee of the Army looses an eight-foot balloon with an attached foil-covered radar target in Kansas City, Kan. Mounted on the truck is a radar cone to plot the course of the garget, used to check wind direction and velocity. This is the same type "kite" which caused excitement Tuesday after its discovery near Roswell, N.M. First reports from the army indicated it was a "flying saucer." (Des Moines (IA) Tribune, July 9, p. 1)
RADAR KITE. An Army civilian employee looses an eight-foot balloon with an attached foil-covered radar target. Mounted on the truck is a radar cone to plot the course of the garget, used to check wind direction and velocity. Army officials believe people have been mistaking this apparatus as a mysterious "flying disc." (St. Louis Star-Times, July 9, p. 9)
Wind Test--Not Saucer
BALLOON, RIGHT, TOWS DEVICE "THOUGHT" TO BE DISC
Remnants of an army wind-tester had westerners guessing
(Toledo (OH) Blade, July 9, p. 1)
Balloons used at Scott Field
"Ray wind balloons of the type found in New Mexico are sent up twice daily--at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.--by the army weather station at Scott Field, Ill. [Near St. Louis] The St. Louis weather bureau uses a different type of weather balloon." [Item in the St. Louis Star-Times, July 9, accompanying main Roswell story and Kansas City demo photo.].
