USAF record 28939471 (1951)
28939471
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
DATE 27 Aug 1951
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2000 - 2030 GMT [ILLEGIBLE]
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual XX Air-Visual
5. PHOTOS O Yes XX No
6. SOURCE Newspaper Rpt
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Unk
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Big orange light with blinding intensity had red light on top. Viewed in southwest with course of West.
11. COMMENTS Duration, speed, etc unknown therefore case evaluated as Insufficient Data.
CONCLUSIONS O Was Balloon O Possibly Balloon [REDACTED] O Was Aircraft [REDACTED] O Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED] O Was Astronomical [REDACTED] O Possibly Astronomical [REDACTED]
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD DATE 27 Aug 1951 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2000 - 2030 GMT [ILLEGIBLE] 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual XX Air-Visual 5. PHOTOS O Yes XX No 6. SOURCE Newspaper Rpt 7.…
- Page 2 HEADQUARTERS AIR MATERIEL COMMAND WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE DAYTON, OHIO [REDACTED], Illinois Dear [REDACTED], Receipt of your letter dated September 10, 1951 is hereby acknowledged. Your…
- Page 3 Ramsey, Illinois September 10th, 1951. Dear Sirs : Perhaps your office might find the enclosed clipping from the Vandalia Leader, of August 30 issue. The incident referred to occurred on the evening…
- Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED Appendix IV VANDALIA, ILLINOIS - 27 August 1951 The only information available on this incident is a newspaper article from "Vandalia Leader" of 30 August 1951. It wasn't a flying…
- Page 5 CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED Appendix IV VANDALIA, ILLINOIS - 27 August 1951 The only information available on this incident is a newspaper article from "Vandalia Leader" of 30 August 1951. "It wasn't a…
- Page 6 EXTRACT FIDN STATUS REPORT #2 DATE: 27 Aug 51 TIME (Local): 2000 LOCATION: Vandalia, Ill. LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: Unknown SOUND: None SPEED: High ALTITUDE: Unknown HEADING: Varied SOURCE: Commercial…