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USAF record 28961930 (1955)

28961930

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 8 May 1955

2. LOCATION Long Beach, Mississippi

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local CALT: 09/0400Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS Yes [HW:] No [HW:]

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15-20 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9 or 10

9. COURSE South

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:] Was Astronomical [STAMP:] Possibly Astronomical [STAMP:]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: A slow moving arc. Formation of 9 or 10 dimly glowing lights. Moved at high rate of speed. Straight and level course.

11. COMMENTS: There were no reported a/c in area at time. It is possible that phenomenon was caused by a sky reflection of lights. Also, slight possibility of meteor activity with positional change considered an illusion. No repetition as is usual w/searchlight activity. Insufficient data for evaluation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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