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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- Page 1 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]…
- Page 2 19/ 2/02/22 1903-7-1 [HW: phone 3295352] [HW: after ot TV Weth] [STAMP: 2PMAR37 0742] WPC070 YDEDCINNNNXYB083 XDEZ6JSOQ92T&896- ****** YY RJEDEN RJEDUP RJEPFF DE RJWPSB 25G Y 230439Z FM 1229 FLT SVC…
- Page 3 2A SAW FIERY ORANGE COLOR 2B 2000 TO 4000 FT MOVED IN SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION 2C 3900 TO 4000 FT MOVED IN SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION 2D MOVED AT ESTIMATED 50-60 MPH SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION 2E NEG 2F NEG…
- Page 4 12. NSG BT 23/0450Z MAR RJWPSB