USAF record 28949365 (1950)
28949365
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
DATE: 29 Aug '52 LOCATION: Coast of Gr[REDACTED] 77°, 75°15' W CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon DATE TIME GROUP: [HW:] TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground Visual CONCLUSION: Possibly Balloon Level: OCT: 29/1950 PHOTOS: Yes SOURCE: 2 AF pilots CONCLUSION: Possibly Aircraft Possibly Astronomical! Possibly Astronomical! LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2-3 NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 3 COURSE: CONCLUSION: Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Disk shaped, white objects traveling from near to extremely high speeds in a triangular formation were observed by two pilots of F4Y-2 a/c while on a cosmic balloon tracking flight. The pilots were observing the cosmic balloons they had released when the unidentified objects appeared.
COMMENTS: Possibly an up trend illusion caused by the sun reflecting off the cosmic balloon. First seemingly eliminated when the fact that the 3 objects were seen by two observers at different positions in the F4Y one in the Astro dome the other in the pilot's seat.
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD DATE: 29 Aug '52 LOCATION: Coast of Gr[REDACTED] 77°, 75°15' W CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon DATE TIME GROUP: [HW:] TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground Visual CONCLUSION: Possibly…
- Page 2 AP 1103-83 (28 May 48) HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET TALLY NO. FILE NO. SUBJECT: (Unclassified) Material for Project Blue Book AUTH CS, USAF TO: Chief, Air Technical…
- Page 3 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. UNCLASSIFIED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] From: Director, Naval Intelligence To: Director of Intelligence, Headquarters,…
- Page 4 VP-38/19/fw UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET AIR FORCE PATROL SQUADRON TWENTY THREE NAVAL AIR STATION Brunswick, Maine OCT 31 1952 UNCLASSIFIED From: Commanding Officer To: Chief of Naval Operations…
- Page 5 UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET AIR FORCE PATROL SQUADRON TWENTY THREE [REDACTED] (f) Undercast to 0500 feet with clear weather and unlimited visibility above 0500 feet. Winds were from the southeast at…
- Page 6 WP-23 UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET AIR FORCE PATROL SQUADRON TWENTY THREE On 29 August 1952, while on a cosmic balloon tracking flight, I observed the balloon at about 71,000 feet at about 155Z. I…
- Page 7 VP-53 UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET AIR FORCE PATROL SQUADRON TWENTY THREE On 29 August 1952, at about 1550Z, while on a cosmic balloon tracking flight as navigator I observed the following: Three…
- Page 8 [HW: COSMIC BALLOON] [HW: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS] [STAMP: 74200] [HW: INSTRUMENT DROP] N SKETCH OF 'SIGHTING' ENCLOSURE (A)
- Page 9 PROJECT 10073 WORKSHEET I. GENERAL 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 3. TIME Local: 1150 Zebra: [ILLEGIBLE] 4. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND? [HW:] Naked Eye Binoculars Telescope Theodolite 5. WAS OBJECT…
- Page 10 IV. BALLOON DATA 21. WERE BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA? [Yes] 22. TIME SINCE SCHEDULED BALLOON RELEASE: [Minutes] 23. POSSIBLE BALLOON LAUNCH SITES DOWNWIND OF SIGHTINGS: a. [REDACTED] was tracking a…