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USAF record 28967234 (1956)

28967234

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 29 August 1956

2. LOCATION Montgomery, Alabama

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] 02/0220Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS [No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION four hours

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE SE to E

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round white object larger than any star or planet. Object seemed to change shape and occasionally emit points of reddish glowing light in all directions Points of light like a star or jet exhaust Object was initially sighted at 50 dgr azimuth & moved from SE to E Object disappeared from view and reappeared in the same location Object was observed visually & through binoculars for over two hours.

11. COMMENTS Object sent to sources and following information received: Object observed for a total of four hours. Object moved fm 110 dgr az, 40° ele at 20:15CST to 180° az, 70° ele at 00:15CST. At 00:15CST obj disappeared "as if a light switch has been turned off." Duration, general course & condition, & description of obj conform to criteria for a Mars hypothesis. However due to conflicting statement of one source that obj disappeared case evaluated as ASTRO (PROBABLE).

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP '57)

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