USAF record 28941083
28941083
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PROJECT 100/3 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 3 Apr 52
2. LOCATION Benson, Arizona
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 0803 HOT GMT 1523
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS No
6. SOURCE AP civilian pilots
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 52 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE] deg - [ILLEGIBLE] deg elevation at [ILLEGIBLE] deg true.
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Silver color, Circular, Hovered. Balloon launched from Davis Monthan AFB at 1500. Burst at 20,007 meters. Was not Venus or "Skyhook"
11. COMMENTS Observers watched object for 52 minutes. Bearing was [ILLEGIBLE] deg - [ILLEGIBLE] deg elevation at [ILLEGIBLE] deg true.
CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon Probable Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probable Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Probable Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 100/3 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 3 Apr 52 2. LOCATION Benson, Arizona 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 0803 HOT GMT 1523 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept…
- Page 2 SECRET UNCLASSIFIED APPENDIX III Benson, Arizona - 3 April 1952 I. DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT On 3 April 1952 at 0815 MST, three civilian AF pilot instructors and several other people observed an object…
- Page 3 EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT #7 DATE: 3 Apr 52 TIME (Local): 08:23 LOCATION: Naraea AFB, Ariz. LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: 50 Min. SOUND: Unknown SPEED: Hovered ALTITUDE: High HEADING: Hovered SOURCE: AF…
- Page 4 Air Force Men Sight Huge Flying Saucer BENSON, Ariz., April 4 6 P.M. Two Air Force pilots said today they watched for an hour as a huge overshaped object, possibly a six-engine B-36 bomber, hovered…
- Page 5 JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSIFIED FROM: (Original) SPACE ABOVE FOR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER ONLY TO: CO HAWAII AND HAWAII ARIZONA BALKUTS INFO: FROM: AFON-ATLANTIC Reference sighting of unidentified aerial…
- Page 6 RC197 WPC215 XYA209 JMPUS852 RR JEDUP DE MARANA 3731/24 JMPUS 52 R 16222Z ZNJ FM CC 3367TH TNG SQ MARANA AB ARIZ TO CO ATIC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIC AF GRNC UNCLASSIFIED [REDACTED] D/2D173D. URMSC…
- Page 7 3307th TRAINING SQUADRON (CONTRACT FLYING) LEWASA AIR BASE Harana, Arizona 219.1 SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Object TO: COMMANDING OFFICER Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson AFB,…
- Page 8 3307th TRAINING SQUADRON (CONTRACT FLYING) PARANA AIR BASE Parana, Arizona 15 April 1952 SUBJECT: Sighting of Unidentified Aerial Object TO: Whom it May Concern On 3 April 1952, Squadron II, Class…
- Page 9 It is the opinion of this individual that the above described object could have been a great deal higher than I have expressed in this report. By judgment as to height is naturally based upon some…
- Page 10 3307TH TRAINING SQUADRON (CONTRACT FLYING) MARANA AIR BASE Marana, Arizona 15 April 1952 SUBJECT: Sighting of Unidentified Aerial Object TO: Whom it May Concern On 3 April 1952, I landed T-6D number…