USAF record 28966163 (1956)
28966163
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 12 July 1956
2. LOCATION Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo AFB)
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 13/0330Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual BX Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS Yes [HW: No]
6. SOURCE Military (AP)
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION one hour, 45 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE drifting NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One oval, reddish object, the size of a pea held at arm's length. First seen at 30 dgrs azimuth, 35 dgrs elevation; disappeared at 320 dgrs azimuth, 35 dgrs elevation. Seen for 1.75 hours. Observer was looking through window glass.
11. COMMENTS [STAMP:] Concur with the opinion of the reporting officer that this sighting was caused by a weather balloon released at the time of the initial report.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP '52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 12 July 1956 2. LOCATION Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo AFB) 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 13/0330Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual BX Ground-Radar Air-Visual…
- Page 2 IN 16 JUL 1956 07 30 E ACTION WPF043 YDE023 WYF020 WME224HWA077 RR RJEDEN RJWFHW RJEDWP RJEPHO DE RJWFHW 7P R 132130T FP: COMDR 688TH ACURON AMARILLO AFB TEX TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFE COLO SPGS…
- Page 3 6. NONE 7. NONE 8. NONE 9. NONE E. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT (PAREN S PAREN) CLN 1. OBSERVER WAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW OF A BUILDING ON AMARILLO AIR FORCE BASE 2. 35 DEGREES - [HW: 60] DEGREES…
- Page 4 STUDENT SQ CMM BASIC TRAINEE CMM RELIABLE PD STUDENT SQ CMM DUTY SGT CMM RELIABLE PD C. WEATHER AND WINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS CLN 1. CLEAR PD 2. SURFACE - 130 DEGREES - 25…
- Page 5 L. NONE PD ET 13/22052 JUL RJWFNW DK [HW:] Understandably a balloon [HW:] Movements and islands [HW:] Support this