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USAF record 28967036 (1956)

28967036

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 18 August 1956

2. LOCATION Tacoma, Washington

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 19/0607Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

6. SOURCE Civilian [HW: Astronomical star]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION still in sight

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE westerly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round object, size of dime at arm length, alternating blue and white color w/intensity increasing and decreasing Object formed a triangle tilted to southeast Object came from east, stopped in middle of sky, and went west Object was viewed visually and was still in sight at time of initial report.

11. COMMENTS Limited investigation assigned to Flt-1-A, 4602d AISS on 23 Aug Additional info is: 1) Obj observed over 1 hour 2) Obj did not disappear - observers stopped watching 3) Obj initially appeared very small & distant 4) Obj last seen at ~80 deg elev; ~70 deg azimuth; 5)Obj not have high rate of speed as may originally rptd; 6) Obj observed at 30,000 to 40,000ft alt Z) temp inversion existed fm surface to ~35,00 ft alt @/~9PMZ Evaluated as astron balloons Decub through temperature inversion.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP '52)

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