USAF record 28965401 (1956)
28965401
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE
12. CONCLUSIONS
16 April 1956 over Fairfield, Utah
Local GMT 17/0250Z [ILLEGIBLE] Yes [HW: AF Pilot]
approx 25 minutes one erratic
Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Venus Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
Copy of preliminary rpt attached, Due to the duration of the sighting, the position of the UFOB as compared w/the position of *Venus at the time of the sighting, the colors of the obj & the circumstances of the sighting; the obj in question was probably the planet Venus.
*After Contents Star Almanac & Ephemeris plot indicate Venus almost precisely in position *Venus Files indicate fixed bright celestial body when viewed at high altitude, through a/c windshield, appears to move or dance erratically generally due to slight "yawing" & movement of ATIC FORM 129 (REV 24 SEP 59) A/C ON ITS EXGS.
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 12. CONCLUSIONS 16 April 1956 over…
- Page 2 HEADQUARTERS 3849th AIR BASE WING HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH APR 16 1955 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Sighting TO: Commander Air Defense Command 384th Air Force Base Colorado Springs, Colorado…
- Page 3 STATEMENT 17 April 1956 I, Thomas P. Pettie, Captain, USAF, AO-770390, do hereby make the following statement of the sighting of an unidentified flying object. I have been a rated flying officer…
- Page 4 right, horizontally than vertically with no regular pattern. The speed would be estimated to be very rapid and certainly one which no aircraft to my knowledge could accomplish. The object did not…