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USAF record 28964600 (1956)

28964600

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 18 January 1956

2. LOCATION North Platte, Nebraska

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 18/2345Z (N)

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

5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION two hours

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE descending (out of sight) Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round in middle, rods sticking out, size of baseball, silver color, yellow and green colors coming out at top, no sound.

11. COMMENTS Duration and motion to west as well as distorted appearance gives object indicat observation of astronomical body And planet A ecliptic from 22h to 24h with magnitude of -1 would conform to characteristics of this observation Venus was at 22h 10', mag -3.4.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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