USAF record 28966620 (1956)
28966620
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 3 August 1956
2. LOCATION Long Island, New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT/04/0300Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Air-Visual
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [ILLEGIBLE]
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION forty five seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE easterly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One star-like object with white color of a star, traveling east, wavered in flight, then continued on a straight flight path. Seen for forty-five seconds and seemed "to fade out faster than it should have."
11. COMMENTS Concur with reporting officer that this sighting was a possible aircraft.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Astronomical [STAMP:] Possibly Astronomical [STAMP:] Other [ILLEGIBLE] Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 3 August 1956 2. LOCATION Long Island, New York 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT/04/0300Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Air-Visual 5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [ILLEGIBLE]…
- Page 2 IN -6 AUG 1956 07 59 STAMP: ACTION [HW: Witness] [HW: 4E4] [HW: AK2a] [HW: G2] MILITARY RDE36 T WPE102 VDD009 TWA063 HMOSSHTOC1 CO RJEENB RJEENP RJEEPC RJEEPR RJEEPB RJEEPB DE RJEENPY 6 O P 040329Z…
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