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USAF record 28969260 (1957)

28969260

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 16 March 1957

2. LOCATION Oakland, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Level GMT 20/0232Z

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

5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] X/R No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION unknown

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE southwesterly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One fiery orange object moving in a Southwesterly direction. Object moved at an approximate speed of 300-800 MPH.

11. COMMENTS A limited investigation assigned to Det on 20 Mar 57 revealed this sighting to have been caused by a weather balloon released from Oakland airport 22 minutes previous to the sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 16 SEP 52)

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