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USAF record 28970313 (1957)

28970313

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 23 June 1957

2. LOCATION Carmichael, California

3. DATE TIME GROUP Local 2330-2400 GMT 24/0730 to 0800 Z

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

5. PHOTOS O Yes O No

6. SOURCE 7 civilian & 1 military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 30 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE Straight up & 45 dgr NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One object, triangular, size of basketball color bright yellow white later red light left forward & orange in rear, possibly green on right forward, no lights blinking. Object had a steady humming sound.

11. COMMENTS Initial part of sighting attributed to V/C Stratos inversion present. Mirage effects from this inversion of ground lights and/or a/c accounting for remainder of sighting.

ATIC FORM 129 (REV 26 REP 52)

12. CONCLUSIONS O Was Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Balloon Possible Balloon Possible Balloon O Was Aircraft Possible Aircraft Possible Aircraft Possible Aircraft O Was Astronomical Possible Astronomical Possible Astronomical Other Mirage(Inversion) Sufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

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