USAF record 28963227
28963227
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 22 Aug 55
2. LOCATION Madrid, Spain
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1443 Day Local: [ILLEGIBLE] GMT: 22/1343Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No
6. SOURCE mil *USAF
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 min, 15 sec ±
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE SE & up
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING USAF Major in Spain heard Jet sound and upon looking up he saw white spherical obj which appeared like a wx balloon. The sound faded, but the obj remained,moving slowly and sometimes hovering.
11. COMMENTS A check with Spanish WX forecaster revealed a balloon released at 1400 hrs which would have easily drifted over sight of observation.Check revealed 2 USAF F96's in area at time of incident accounting for sound/
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 53)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 22 Aug 55 2. LOCATION Madrid, Spain 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1443 Day Local: [ILLEGIBLE] GMT: 22/1343Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐…
- Page 2 OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS, 10TH DISTRICT OFFICE, MADRID, SPAIN Ltr 23 Aug 55 Subj: Unidentified Flying Object Sighted at Madrid, Spain 1243 hours, 22 August 1955 JUSOP-3 1st Ind JOINT U.S.…
- Page 3 HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE Office of Special Investigations 10th District Office-Madrid, Spain APO 285, US Air Force 24-O 23 Aug 1955 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Sighted…
- Page 4 24-0 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Sighted at Madrid, Spain, 1443 hours, 22 August 1955 (CONT'D) object started to rise until it vanished from sight. The total period that the object was in…