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USAF record 28963237

28963237

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2 Aug 55

2. LOCATION Sacramento, Calif

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 23/05102

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS No

6. SOURCE civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION seconds [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE to SW to overhead.

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE size of a pea ball at arms length appeared in the south, went south-west, and the disappeared overhead. seen thru binoculars.

11. COMMENTS Exhaust or after-burner of jet aircraft would account for amber color of obj. Duration of sighting also compared to time a jet would take to cover distance indicated. Seen from angle round jet exhaust gases would appear egg shaped and flat. Sighting possibly attributed to jet exhaust or after-burner.

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

IC FORM 329 (REV 18 SEP 52)

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