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USAF record 28965094 (1956)

28965094

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 5 March 1956

2. LOCATION Manatowish Waters, Wisconsin

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] 06/0250Z

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

5. PHOTOS [HW:] Yes [ILLEGIBLE]

6. SOURCE Civilian (GOC)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 to 20 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE descending

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Probably Aircraft XWas Astronomical V Cuts Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round object, 50 times the size of a star, bright white, hazy around the edges, First seen at an azimuth of 270 dgr and at an angle of elevation of 45 dgrs, Disappeared at 270 dgr at angle of elevation of thirty dgrs, Faded out of sight, No radar contact.

11. COMMENTS This sighting was generated by the planet Venus The description of the object in the sky is the location of the planet an //Venus and the lack of radar contact would seem to definitively establish this object as Venus.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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