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USAF record 28962357 (1955)

28962357

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 9 June 1955

2. LOCATION Warner Springs, Calif

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 09/23352 June 1955

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

5. PHOTOS Yes

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION twelve (12) minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS, one (1)

9. COURSE, SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One(1) round, white object, the size of a quarter held at arm's length, appeared to the observer for a period of twelve (12) minutes bearing SW. The object appeared to have a parachute on the bottom.

11. COMMENTS The sighting has all the characteristics of a balloon. The winds aloft at the time of sighting, at all altitudes, were blowing westward. The details and the length of sighting seem to bear out the theory of "probably balloon".

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

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