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USAF record 28953865

28953865

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 5 March 53 2/00:53

2. LOCATION [REDACTED] Congaree AFB & Shaw AFB, South Carolina

3. SOURCE [HW:] NLL library

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 Minutes as to 1 Hour.

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Visual Ground & Radar Observation

7. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE]

8. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE]

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE [ILLEGIBLE]

10. CONCLUSION BALLOON

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Silver, crescent shaped object was observed visually from the surface hovering over a river. Object was picked up on one radar scope at an altitude of [ILLEGIBLE] in a level flight. Radar scope scrambled to help with identification. Object observed on radar scope 65 miles distance at an estimated altitude of 7,000 heading W. A new object appeared on scope 40 minutes later at 365-375 miles distance.

CONCL: HIGH Radar return similar to High Altitude Balloon track description consistent with this analysis. Visual description description in accord with balloon observation in daylight.

FORM FTD SEP as 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used

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