USAF record 28965277 (1956)
28965277
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE April 1956
2. LOCATION 50 Mi South of Bakersfield, California
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1000 PST GMT /1800Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS XXNo
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15-30 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ONE
9. COURSE east
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [HW: Probably Balloon] Was Aircraft [HW: Possibly Aircraft] Possibly Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE]
7O BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright object slightly E of overhead in view for 15-30 seconds. Appeared as a red-orange light brighter than the sky. Disappeared by being reduced in size piece by piece. Disappeared over mountains. No sound, tail, exhaust appeared in front of mountains & disappeared behind mountain observed while driving N Driver attempted to pull car off road & when he had stopped the object had disappeared Under observation by companion while witness who rptd obj was driving the car.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Insufficient Data.
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE April 1956 2. LOCATION 50 Mi South of Bakersfield, California 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1000 PST GMT /1800Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 5. PHOTOS XXNo 6.…
- Page 2 U70 16 Jul 56 0938 SUBJECT NAME FROM [REDACTED] East Stanwood, Wash. SUSPENSE DATE DATE 30 Jun 56 NUMBER Ltr FILE DESIGNATION HW: Ltr, dtd 30 Jun 56, Subj: U70 nnc/OIN-4X2a, 9 Jul 56, 1035 OIN-4X2a…
- Page 3 [STAMP: 15] 30 June 1956 U.S.A.F. Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio. Dear [HW: Lt. Mary L. Storm], The questionnaire form which you sent has been damaged;…
- Page 4 (2) 12. Did it move in front of anything? It was already in front of this mountain range from 25 to 100 miles to the east between the mountains and us, but it did not move in front of anything else.…
- Page 5 (STAMP: 3) 21. Compare the object to a nickel held out at an arm's length in the hand. 22. I am fairly certain of the above conclusion. 23. How did the object disappear from view? It first appeared…
- Page 6 [STAMP: (4)] 33. Object's position when first and last seeing it. HW: A B 34. Weather conditions: Clear sky - slight breeze - dry - warm. 35. June 6, 1956 - (Do you) (U.S.A.F.) - (First report to…
- Page 7 (STAMP: 5) 42. Date Questionnaire completed - 30 June, 1956. [HW: 43] Summary of event. NAME - [REDACTED] SIGNATURE - [REDACTED] DATE - June 30, 1956. On the morning of an April or May day in 1955…
- Page 8 than the background of sky and mountains. [HW: This is the approximate color - only somewhat lighter and more orange.] This is about all the information I can give on this subject. I hope this has…