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USAF record 28968559 (1956)

28968559

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 5 December 1956

2. LOCATION Amherst, Massachusetts!

3. DAYTIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [REDACTED]

5. PHOTOS [REDACTED]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 - 3 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE SW to NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One dark round object, size of a basketball at arm's length. Object had an exhaust ball shaped, tapering to a small thin end.

Object was first seen at 30 deg elevation, low azimuth and disappeared at 30 deg elevation, 35 deg azimuth.

Object flew in a straight flight path and disappeared in an orange-yellow puff of explosion, after having been observed visually for 1 to 3 seconds.

11. COMMENTS Description, duration, and manner of disappearance indicate sighting was probably caused by a meteor.

STAMP: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP '52)

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [HW:] Possibly Balloon [HW:] Possibly Balloon [HW:] Was Aircraft [HW:] Possibly Aircraft [HW:] Possibly Aircraft [HW:]

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