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USAF record 28965680 (1956)

28965680

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 20 May 1956

2. LOCATION Wheaton, Illinois

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 21/0350Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar O Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS □ Yes ☐ No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION approx 25 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round object, the size of a dime held at arm's length, white to pink in color. Bright, appeared to be drifting northwest.

11. COMMENTS A message requesting more information was sent to the 755th ACWRON. Reply indicated that this sighting in all probability was caused by the planet Venus.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Was Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Venus Probaby Astronomical [HW:XX] Possibly Astronomical Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

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