USAF record 28964620 (1956)
28964620
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 21 January 1956
2. LOCATION at sea 215 Mi SE of Burmuda
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [REDACTED] GMT 21/0804Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar]
5. PHOTOS No [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
6. SOURCE Civ ships officer
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One object round, colored like a star. However, when object turned to North it had a tail which was like a red flame. Its length was about five times the diameter of object. Object traveled at high rate of speed and constant until it disappeared. No change in speed.
11. COMMENTS Meteor sighting. Apparent change in course could be caused by passage of object into atmospheric conditions conducive to distortion, such as an inversion. Also burning appeared to be in two phases, initial glow and then burning with tail.
STAMP: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Possibly Astronomical (METEOR) Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 21 January 1956 2. LOCATION at sea 215 Mi SE of Burmuda 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [REDACTED] GMT 21/0804Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] 5.…
- Page 2 Ser 173 323-6 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 1 FEB 1956 From: District Intelligence Officer, SIXTH Naval District To: Director of Naval Intelligence Subj: Unidentified Flying Object; Report of sighting of…
- Page 3 1 FEB 1956 173 Subj: Unidentified Flying Object; Report of sighting of away at the time it hovered. When the object departed in a northerly direction, there was no visible acceleration. That is to…
- Page 4 MEMO ROUTING SLIP NEVER USE FOR APPROVALS, DISAPPROVALS, CONCURRENCIES, OR SIMILAR ACTIONS 1 NAME OR TITLE APOIN-4 INITIALS [REDACTED] ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION [HW: 4E4] [HW: L09] DATE [STAMP:…
- Page 5 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS WASHINGTON 25, D. C. IN REPLY TO CP-922H2D3C/:j1 Ser 361192 5 - MAR 1956 From: Director of Naval Intelligence To: Director of…