USAF record 28953816 (1953)
28953816
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE: 3 MARCH 1953 2. LOCATION: LUKE AFB, ARIZONA 3. SOURCE: AF PILOT
4. TIME: Local 3/195 MST [ILLEGIBLE] 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: ONE 6. SHAPE: 7. COLOR:
8. COURSE: W 9. ALTITUDE: 10. ANGULAR VELOCITY: 0 per second 11. PHOTOS: [HW:]Yes [HW:]No
12. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: AIR-VISUAL 13. LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: 10 MINUTES
CONCLUSION: Other - Vapor trail of two unknown type aircraft.
CURRENT STATUS - UNKNOWN (Z-July's)
ATIC Form 329 (Rev 27 May 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE: 3 MARCH 1953 2. LOCATION: LUKE AFB, ARIZONA 3. SOURCE: AF PILOT 4. TIME: Local 3/195 MST [ILLEGIBLE] 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: ONE 6. SHAPE: 7. COLOR: 8. COURSE: W 9.…
- Page 2 5. Various checks for aircraft in area were made with negative results.
- Page 3 ACTION UNCLASSIFIED STAMP: 1953 01 17 STAMP: 1953 04 27 STAMP: R T V STAMP: NASH RC32 WPB616 XYA826 CXC319 JUPER C14 RR JEDMP DE JUPER Z17H R G2219ZT ZNJ FH CG AF FLT TEST GEN EDWARDS AFB CALIF TO CG…
- Page 4 Gun Camera Distance to Object for Different Projected Separations [REDACTED] 10 ft 100 ft 1000 ft [HW: projected separation] 1 inch 1.6 miles [ILLEGIBLE] 6 miles 60 miles 3 1.8 18 180 6 3.6 36 360…
- Page 5 UNCLASSIFIED Luke AFB, Arizona 3 March 1953 I. DESCRIPTION In this instance, the object was never observed, but a high altitude condensation pattern was observed. When first sighted, the contrail was…
- Page 6 UNCLASSIFIED. Since there was nothing gained by photo-analysis that would actually aid in identifying the object involved, this report is being sent to the Aircraft Laboratory of WADC for further…
- Page 7 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 3. SOURCE 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7. COURSE 8. PHOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE [STAMP:] 10. CONCLUSION [HW:] Large white…
- Page 8 THIS CASE INCLUDES 3 8X10 PHOTOS OF CONTRAILS AND ONE (1) 16 mm film (see following accession) NOT microfilmed
- Page 9 16mm Film March 3, 1953 Luke AFB, Arizona Observer - Air Visual File #1003382 In custody of Audio-Visual Division
- Page 10 HR JUFDL JEPHD JEDUP WIDEN JEDST 553 DE JUPUK 36 R 2621302 FM CG LUKE AIR FORCE BASE ARIZONA DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS. DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10 TO JEPHD/DI HQ USAF WASH DC…