USAF record 302537438

1. DAR - 7th GROUP 2. LOCATION Hampton, Virginia 3. SOURCE Civilian 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 Minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 7. COURSE NW 8. PHOTOS No [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE for that region. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE No [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE for that region. 10. CONCLUSION BALLOON Probable balloon observation No reports from a/c in the area motion and description in accord with Balloon analysis. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Large object larger on one end than the other Too high to determine other features Aluminum bright orange or red color Shaped like a/c without wings Initial observation object hovering at 200 feet approximately 30 degrees XX XXXX position Slowly drifted West and disappeared Hovering consumed 2-3 minutes motion to West then object returned to original position hovered once more for 2-3 minutes and then drifted Westward again Numerous jet s/c observed in area of object during sighting Object appeared to be above s/c controls