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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- Page 1 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…
- Page 2 WPA199HRA 085 RR RJEDWP ZFD RJEDHR [HW: Witness] 31/03502 4 RRA 998HRH03 RR RJEDAE RJEDEN RJEPHQ RJEDWP DE RJEDHR 2H R 2104572 FM COMDR 755TH ACWRON WILLIAMS BAY WISC TO RJEDEN/COMM AIR DEFENSE COMM…
- Page 3 PAGE TWO RJEDHR 2H B. 1 BRIGHTNESS 2 1000FT NW 3 N/A 4 DRIFTING NORTH WEST 5 N/A 6 N/A C. 1 GROUND VISUAL 2 NAKED EYE 3 N/A D. Q Q3159Z 21 MAY 56 2 NIGHT E. Q WHEATON ILL F. Q [REDACTED] ST FIREMAN…
- Page 4 PAGE THREE RJEDHR 2H (E) 320/50 (F) 389/79 (G) NEGATIVE (H) NEGATIVE 3 CLEAR 4 15 MILES 5 CLEAR 6 NONE H. Q NONE I. Q NONE J. NONE KQ SEN-DIR 1LT C W OLSSON SIGHTING OF HEAVENLY BODIES L. NONE BT…