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USAF record 28967828 (1956)

28967828

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 5 October 1956

2. LOCATION Bridgeton, New Jersey

3. PHOTOS D Yes D No

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

5. SOURCE Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION forty - forty five seconds one

8. COURSE erratic

9. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [REDACTED] Probably Balloon [REDACTED] Possibly Balloon [REDACTED]

Was Aircraft [REDACTED] Probably Aircraft [REDACTED] Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED]

Was Astronomical [REDACTED] Probably Astronomical [REDACTED] Possibly Astronomical [REDACTED]

Other: Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round black-grey object, size of a nickel at arm's length. Object was spinning with edges blurred. Object appeared to move sideways, and appear wafer thin at 45deg angle in erratic movement.Object was seen at about 2 to 3 miles elevation at 90deg azimuth and disappeared at 2 to 3 miles elevation at 45deg azimuth. At first, object seemed to rise slowly then move right at a 40deg angle and then to the left at a 40deg angle.Movement up & down was erratic.Obj soon visually for 40 to 45 seconds.

ATIC FORM 339 (REV: ILLEGIBLE)

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