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USAF record 28964978 (1956)

28964978

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 29 February 1956

2. LOCATION Bongrock, New Jersey

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 01/0130Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes [REDACTED]

6. SOURCE Civilian (father and son)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION fifty minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE moving in SW quadrant of sky.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon ☐ Was Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft ☐ Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical ☐ [HW: Probably Astronomical] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round object similar to a basketball, yellowish color, and appeared as would a bright light. The object moved up and down and back and forth in the SW quadrant of the sky.

11. COMMENTS: The duration of the sighting, the description of the object, and the fact that both Sirius and Venus are located in the SW quadrant of the sky and both are very bright, lead this hq to the conclusion indicated above that last visual radar contact was made with the object although radar was covering the area at the time of the sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 57)

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