USAF record 28967384 (1956)
28967384
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 3 September 1956
2. LOCATION Washington, D.C.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 04/0145Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS [ ] Yes [X] No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION twenty mins still in sight at rpt one w/vortical motions
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE w/vortical motions
10. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: One round red-tinted obj, about size of pea at arm's length. Obj was sighted at 90 dgr azimuth & about 45 dgr elevation. Object moved with vertical motions. Object was observed visually for twenty minutes & was still in sight at time of initial rpt.
11. COMMENTS: Sighting probably caused by Mars seen through a temperature inversion. Although azimuth & elevation do not correlate exactly w/Mars hypothesis, shape, size, color, general direction of sighting, duration of sighting, and fact that Mars was clearly visible in otherwise starless sky tends to support this conclusion.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 3 September 1956 2. LOCATION Washington, D.C. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 04/0145Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ]…
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