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USAF record 28968170 (1956)

28968170

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 4 November 1956

2. LOCATION Wilmington, Delaware

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 04/23452

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

5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION five seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS four

9. COURSE Eastnortheast

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Four objects the size of a pea at arm's length. Objects looked like streaked reflected light, like that of a light being reflected from an a/c wing. Objs were first seen straight up and disappeared at 35 to 40 dgr azimuth, 40 to 45 dgr elevation. Objects disappeared by fading out of sight after having been observed visually for 5 seconds.

11. COMMENTS Duration, description, indicate meteor sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [REDACTED] Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft [REDACTED] Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Meteors [REDACTED] Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Sufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

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