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USAF record 28970529 (1957)

28970529

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 16 July 1957

2. LOCATION Las Vegas, Nevada

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 18/2055Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar [REDACTED]

5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Military Radar

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION two minutes, 12 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE inbound

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One object on an ground radar, Obj camp inbound at a speed of 5400 knots and abruptly stopped and then remained stationary. Object was seen for two minutes, twelve seconds.

11. COMMENTS ATIC form 332 was sent to reporting squadron and was returned with the opinion that this sighting was caused by electric interference caused by a temperature inversion.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [REDACTED] Probably Balloon [REDACTED] Was Aircraft [REDACTED] Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Bloc Interference Current Data for Evaluation Unknown

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