USAF record 28966613
28966613
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION Van Dyke, Michigan
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 02/0845Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS Yes [X] No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION five hours thirty mins
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE Southerly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round object, size of pinhead held at arm's length, red and white in color and bright, traveling in a southerly direction, observed five hours thirty minutes and then "faded out" of sight.
No Report In File.
11. COMMENTS Concur w/reporting officer that this sighting was astronomical in nature. The planet Mars was in the area at the time, and inversion layers were also present thus accounting for the sighting.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [X] Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Mars [X] Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION Van Dyke, Michigan 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 02/0845Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW:…