USAF record 28969735
28969735
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 7 May 57
2. LOCATION Pocahontas, Iowa
3. DATE-TIME GROUP [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS Yes
6. SOURCE City
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 hour
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE Obj. jumped around.
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1 obj., round, size of dime, color-blue. Obj. observed through binoculars for 1 hr. obj. seemed to jump around and did not disappear.
11. COMMENTS it is quite obvious from description of obj. observed with binoculars this sighting was a large star or planet. [HW: POSSIBLE ALIEN OR COMET] [STAMP:]
CONCLUSIONS: War Balloon Probably Balloon [HW: POSSIBLY BALLOON] Possibly Balloon [HW: POSSIBLY BALLOON] War Aircraft [HW: POSSIBLY AIRCRAFT] Possibly Aircraft [HW: POSSIBLY AIRCRAFT] War Astronomical [HW: PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL] Possibly Astronomical [HW: PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL] Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 7 May 57 2. LOCATION Pocahontas, Iowa 3. DATE-TIME GROUP [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 5. PHOTOS Yes 6. SOURCE City 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION…
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