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USAF record 28968039 (1956)

28968039

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 21 October 1956

2. LOCATION 57°21'N 19°23'W off Goose AB, New Foundland

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 21/1830Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS Yes

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE down into sea

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round object, ball of fire, size of pan, color red, white and smoke. Appeared as flash in the sky and disappeared into sea straight down at 45 deg.

11. COMMENTS Duration too short for missiles. Object has all characteristics of meteor and can be considered as astro (meteor) sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [REDACTED] Probably Balloon [REDACTED] Possibly Balloon [REDACTED] Was Aircraft [REDACTED] Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED] Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED] Was Astronomical Meteor [REDACTED] Possibly Astronomical Meteor [REDACTED] Possibly Astronomical Meteor [REDACTED]

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