USAF record 28963793
28963793
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE Oct 55
2. LOCATION Lafayette, Indiana
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1300 hours (1:00 pm) GMT [ILLEGIBLE]
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS Yes: [ILLEGIBLE] No: civilian
6. SOURCE civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 - 3 mins
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE not reported
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Observer saw obj that looked like a parachute landing, ran toward obj but then it started rising, turned to toward him and stopped almost overheard, moved to right at speed where observer could run and keep up with obj. Then obj shot away toward the sun. Reported in letter form three years after observation.
11. COMMENTS BALLOON
[STAMP:] RETURN TO: Phoebus Aerospace Studies Inst. McKee Air Force Base Branch, McKee AFB, Kentucky
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE Oct 55 2. LOCATION Lafayette, Indiana 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1300 hours (1:00 pm) GMT [ILLEGIBLE] 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual…
- Page 2 23 October 1958 Dear Mr. [REDACTED], This is to acknowledge your letter of 20 October 1958 concerning an unidentified flying object. This sighting is much too old to accomplish an investigation and…
- Page 3 Dear Sir A few years ago I saw an object near my home that looked like a parachute, I ran toward where I thought it would land. But then it started going up, and then started toward me, tumbling as…