USAF record 28969713 (1957)
28969713
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 25 April 1957
2. LOCATION Pesotum, Illinois
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 2123 GMT: 25/0525Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 to 25 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One object, round, size of dime, color bright red. Object had long white tail 3 times as long as head.
11. COMMENTS Very probably the Orend-Leland comet.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Comet [HW:] Possible Astronomical Other: Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 3 PAGE TWO OF RJEDFL 4P H. NONE I. NONE ITEM II. A. GROUND OBSERVER CORPS B. EAST VERY HIGH C. NORTH WEST VERY HIGH D. WEST COURSE E. LOST VISUAL SIGHTING F. TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE MINUTES ITEM III. A.…
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