USAF record 28949075

28949075

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 26 AUG 52 2. LOCATION: Amarillo, Texas 3. DATE/TIME GROUP: [ILLEGIBLE] CST 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: - Ground Visual - Ground-Radar 5. PHOTOS: [HW: Yes] 6. SOURCE: military 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2 sec. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 3 9. COURSE: S

10. CONCLUSIONS: - Was Balloon - Probably Balloon - Possibly Balloon

11. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Pink color, Round.

12. COMMENTS: 3 pink objects in V formation – sun down. Objects apparently beveling south against winds. Have appearance of balloons and could possibly be carried with wind at higher altitudes.

ATIC FORM 329 (GREY 26 SEP 57)

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Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE: 26 AUG 52 2. LOCATION: Amarillo, Texas 3. DATE/TIME GROUP: [ILLEGIBLE] CST 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: - Ground Visual - Ground-Radar 5. PHOTOS: [HW: Yes] 6. SOURCE:…
Page 2 PROJECT 10973 WORKSHEET I. GENERAL 1. DATE: [REDACTED] 2. LOCATION: [REDACTED] 3. TIME: Local: Zebra: [HW: 32] 4. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND? [HW: Yes] Naked Eye Binoculars Telescopes…
Page 3 IV. BALLOON DATA 21. WERE BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA: [REDACTED] 22. TIME SINCE SCHEDULED BALLOON RELEASE: [ILLEGIBLE] Minutes 23. POSSIBLE BALLOON LAUNCH SITES DOWNWIND OF SIGHTING: | Location | Type…
Page 4 PROJECT 10073 WEATHER DATA SH 1. DATE OF OBSERVATION 2. TIME OF OBSERVATION 3. STATION OBSERVING 4a BIRDS ALOFT: ALTITUDE (feet) VELOCITY (knots) DIRECTION (degrees) 4b ALTITUDE (feet) VELOCITY…
Page 5 YDA100 LYB964 JUFAU 223 PP JEPHQ JEDUP JEDEN JEDST JUJMF 555 DE JUFAU 01 P 278315Z FM CO AMARILLO AFB TEX TO JEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHDC JEDUP/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER…
Page 6 FLIGHT NUMBER 3, FORMATION VERY SHALLOW CLOSE VIZ, FEATURES NONE, INITIAL NONE, PORPULSION SYSTEM UNKNOWN, SPEED UNKNOWN, SOUND UNHEARD, MANEUVERS STEADY FORMATION STRAIGHT TRACK APPEARANTLY MERGING…
Page 7 FACING APPRX 219 DEG TRUE, OBJECT SIGHTED AT APPRX 269 DEG TRUE, DISTANCE UNDERTIMED POSSIBLE 4-5 MILES, DIRECTION SOUTHERLY, DISAPPEARED AT APPRX 132 DEG TRUE. ALTITUDE APPEARINGLY 3200 FEET, 6300…