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USAF record 28968937 (1957)

28968937

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

DATE 12 February 1957

LOCATION Floyd Bennett Navy AB, New York

DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1620 GMT 12/12/20Z

TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual BX [REDACTED]

PHOTOS [HW: Yes] not rec'd [ILLEGIBLE] No

SOURCE High School student

LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 hr. 20 mins.

NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

COURSE N to SW

CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object, oval shaped, size of quarter through binoculars, color white. Obj faded out.

COMMENTS: Wind direction and velocities at 10-16,000 ft coincide with travel of object, i.e., N to SW. As object was positively identified as round in shape, observed through binoculars, in sight for over 1 hour, undoubtedly was a balloon.

[STAMP: ATIC FORM 129 (REV 26 SEP 53)]

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