USAF record 28960700 (1954)
28960700
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 18 December 1954
2. LOCATION Poston AFB, Texas
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT: 18/2135Z to Sunset
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Air-Visual
5. PHOTOS Yes
6. SOURCE Civilian + Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Over 2 hours
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Chang SUV/on round, Metal/Mn. One object with another suspended underneath. Was stationary, San Antonio CAF center reported Goodfellow AFB release 2 lit up red balloons tied together, A/b scrambled.
11. COMMENTS Object was identified as a weather balloon.
CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [HW:] Possibly Balloon [HW:] Was Aircraft [HW:] Possibly Aircraft [HW:] Was Astronomical [HW:] Possibly Astronomical [HW:]
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 18 December 1954 2. LOCATION Poston AFB, Texas 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT: 18/2135Z to Sunset 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Air-Visual 5. PHOTOS Yes 6.…
- Page 2 PAGE TWO JUFFZ G1 (G) OBSERVERS REPORTS VARY FROM SMALL TAIL TO NONE. (H) NONE (I) NONE. (2) (A) UNK (B) FROM FOSTER AFB TEX 260 DEGREES, 50 DEGREE ELEVATION (C) SAME (D) WAS STATIONARY (E) GRADUAL…
- Page 3 Multi IN 29 DEC1954 07 30 [HW: Foster AFB Texas] [HW: Foster AFB Texas] [HW: Foster AFB Texas] [HW: Foster AFB Texas] [STAMP: 12] UPES16 WIA321 NYA316 WMAS31 JUFFZ 335 OO JEDEN JEDUP JEPHQ JUFHK 444…
- Page 4 PAGE THREE JUFFZ 01 (B) THOMPSON, DONALD O. A/2C, 453TH AIR BASE GRP, BASE OPS DESPATCHER RELIABLE REICH, DONALD E. 2/LT, 453TH FTR DAY SQ, AIRDRONE OFF, RELIABLE HOLDER, WILLIE N. A/1C, 2815-2 AAC'S…
- Page 5 (1) ONE T-33 (11) BASE OPERATIONS OFFICER PD BELIEVE THE SIGHTINGS TO BE THE TWO BALLONS RELEASED BY GOODFELLOW AFB, TEX. WHICH IS 312 DEGREES FROM POSTER AFB, TEX. PD BELIEVE THE WINDS OF 312…