USAF record 28959496 (1954)
28959496
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 6 September 1954
2. LOCATION Washington D.C.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 06/2330Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE]
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 - 5 Seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE [REDACTED]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, long, silver with flame and smoke trailing for distance of 2 miles, turned and disappeared at 5000 ft. Flight through 40-50 deg arc. Two operator sighted vapor trail at approx same time. Sighting at dusk.
11. COMMENTS METEOR SIGHTING.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [HW: Was Balloon] Probably Balloon [HW: Probably Balloon] Was Aircraft [HW: Was Aircraft] Probably Aircraft [HW: Probably Aircraft] Possibly Astronomical METEOR Possibly Astronomical
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 6 September 1954 2. LOCATION Washington D.C. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 06/2330Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual…
- Page 2 1 Witnesses IN 06/23302 Washington D.C. [HW: 12 ATIA] [HW: 25 ATIA] [HW: 5] -7 SEP 1954 08 59 7 SEP 1954 05 29 ACTION STAMP:
- Page 3 P 2722262 HW: JEDN/COMAIRDEFCOM ENT AFT COLO HW: JEDN/CHIEF, ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO HW: JEPDC/CONTACT LANGLEY AFB VA FROM AFON S3125 1.UFCH. ATTN, ATIAA-2C. (A) ROUND, LONG (B) NEG (C) SILVER…
- Page 4 (C) NEG ( ) 3623328 ( ) DUSK 5. LIST AND N STREETS WASHINGTON D. C. [REDACTED] AGE 27, [REDACTED] NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE N W WASHDC GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. 7. (X) CLEAR (X) CALM (C) UNLIMITED 8. NEG 9. NEG…