USAF record 28970474 (1957)
28970474
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 10 July 1957
2. LOCATION Hartford, Connecticut
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 10/2330Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XIII Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 45 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ONE
9. COURSE W to E
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object unevenly round, 10 times larger than a star. Color brilliant white. Steady W to E course, seen through binoculars.
July 10, 1957: Many reports of object or objects from New England, incl. New Haven, Boston and Brunswick, Me. AF Research Center at Cambridge identified object(s) as Moby Dick balloon, released at Vernalis, California (sic) — N.Y. World Telegram & Sun, 7/11; Newark Star-Ledger, 7/11(AP); N.Y. Harold Tribune, 7/12.
STAMP: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP '52)
CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [REDACTED] Probably Balloon [REDACTED] Possibly Balloon [REDACTED]
Was Aircraft [REDACTED] Probably Aircraft [REDACTED] Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED]
Was Astronomical [REDACTED] Probably Astronomical [REDACTED] Possibly Astronomical [REDACTED]
Other: Inefficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 10 July 1957 2. LOCATION Hartford, Connecticut 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 10/2330Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XIII Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐…
- Page 2 UNCLASSIFIED CLASSIFICATION (Leave blank) 230-025 [HW: Frank F. Woolley Jr.] 250th Air Reserve Center REPORT NO. 1 COUNTRY OR USA REPORT CONCERNS Connecticut DATE OF INFORMATION 10 July 1957 ACTIVITY…