USAF record 28970297 (1957)
28970297
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 20 June 1957
2. LOCATION Floyd Bennett Nas, New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local Cat 20/1320Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [REDACTED]
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 50 to 60 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE steady West to East
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object elliptical, size of basketball, color silver, steady course W to E, disappeared due to sky conditions.
11. COMMENTS Rawinsonde balloon released from near by and still visible at time of sighting.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP: Was Aircraft] Possibly Balloon [STAMP: Probably Aircraft] Possibly Balloon [STAMP: Possibly Astronomical] Was Aircraft [STAMP: Was Astronomical] Probably Aircraft [STAMP: Probably Astronomical] Possibly Astronomical [STAMP: Possibly Astronomical] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 20 June 1957 2. LOCATION Floyd Bennett Nas, New York 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local Cat 20/1320Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW:…
- Page 2 PAGE TWO RJEDLS 177H I MOVING VERY SLOW 2 DESCRIPTION OF COURSE A SOME ONE CALLED REPORTERS ATTENTION TO OBJECT B 45DEG C 96DEG D WEST TO EAST STEADY CTURSE E LOST FROM VIEW DUE SKY CONDITIONS F…
- Page 3 STAMP: 2006-57-01 STAMP: 18 MATTI 20 Jun 57 13 35 [HW:] 13444 [HW:] 3-4x2a [HW:] [ILLEGIBLE] UPH:124WPD138YNB96SLSBG45 EBA991-DA177 DO RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPNY RJEPHQ DE RJEDLS 177H O (29)385Z ZEX FH FSC…
- Page 4 TROOP CARRIER WG FLOYD BENNET NAS N.Y KROG STAD E CAPT 438TH TCW FLOYD BENNET NAS N.Y 7 WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITION TIME PLACE OF SIGHTING A B SURFACE PUGE FOUR RJEDLS 177H 5,000-DEG 360K 30…