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USAF record 28959508 (1954)

28959508

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 7 September 1954

2. LOCATION Las Vegas, Nevada

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 07/1235Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Ground-Radar Air-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes]

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LESS THAN 1 MINUTE

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1

9. COURSE W

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object with rounded nose and coming to a point at tail. Black changing to bright orange, No features, no trail, orange flame at rear, ½ length of object. Initial observation at 60 deg elev, 270 degrees az. Disappeared at 65 deg elev 270 deg az. Thunderstorms and clouds over entire area.

11. COMMENTS Possible meteor.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:] Was Astronomical METEOR probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

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