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USAF record 28961975 (1955)

28961975

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 13 May 1955

2. LOCATION Charleston, Maine

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 13/1700Z

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

5. PHOTOS O Yes [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20-30 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE straight down

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One baseball-like object, flaming and red in color and trailing smoke was observed to fall from the sky in close proximity to point of observation.

11. COMMENTS A check with SAC Liaison Officer, ADC, verified that sighting was caused by a flare from SAC aircraft during a training exercise.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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