USAF record 28970538 (1957)
28970538
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 17 July 1957
2. LOCATION Forbes AFB, Kansas/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma/Ft Worth, Tex.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1st sighting Local: 0350 AM GMT: 17/1050Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Air Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] USAF A/C Group
6. SOURCE
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not given
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A blue light was seen in sky that stayed with a/c for 420 NM. Object was picked up by R-47 radar but could not be seen by ground radar.
11. COMMENTS Identified as American Airlines flight 655. See article by Dr James E MacDonald - Aerodynamics and Aerodynamics Seminar ( 1974)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 17 July 1957 2. LOCATION Forbes AFB, Kansas/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma/Ft Worth, Tex. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1st sighting Local: 0350 AM GMT: 17/1050Z 4. TYPE OF…
- Page 2 [HW: CAA Report Report 1 New] [HW: 3 Creatures] [HW: Against which direction of being object N.E.S.W. etc.] [HW: THREE OF ROUGHM 7] [STAMP: 1957 JUL 20] [HW: MTN #4 E HENSLEY TOLD STATES THAT THEY…
- Page 3 [STAMP:] (1) AIRCRAFT CALLSIGN LACY 17, TIME OF SIGHTING: 115 Z, 17 (2) P-47, B-47, 37, 300 FEET, SPEED MACH.67. [HW:] [REDACTED] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE (3) NIGHT (4) AIRBORNE AT TIME LACY 17 (5) N/A [HW:]…
- Page 4 (4) PILOT STATED THAT OBJECT COULD OUTMANEUVER HIS A/C AND WAS FASTER THAN HE COULD. [HW: "I had just playing tag with B-47 (ILLEGIBLE)] (5) UNKNOWN BECAUSE A/C WENT OUT OF OUR AREA TO THE AREA OF…
- Page 5 CLAS (INITL) 7-967 PD SUBJECT: UFO PD [REDACTED] Shape? [REDACTED] Size? (1) BLUE (2) ONE (3) NONE [HW:] LIGHT FLASHER (4) NONE [HW:] [ILLEGIBLE] (5) NONE (6) 7-967 STAMP: 01/02 ? cluster, leave exam…
- Page 6 17 July 57 1050 Z [STAMP: 17 4E4] [HW: 3.4x2a] [HW: W] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE JEEP/CONVR AIR INTEL TECH…
- Page 7 UNCLASSIFIED SUBJECT: Request for Analysis - Electronic UFO Report TO: AFCON-4B34 FROM: AFCON-4B1 DATE: 30 Oct 57 COMMENT NR 2 AFTN: Capt. G. T. Gregory 1. This report is difficult to evaluate…
- Page 8 July 17-Amarillo, Texas-11:45pm=7 red, whirling LIGHTS with slow, irregular paths, reversing, hovering. 5 went N to S, 2 went S to N. Passed over at regular intervals, except 2 that came together.…
- Page 9 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON 25 NOV 8 1957 [HW: maj gregory 4E] Brig. Gen. Harold E. Watson, USAF Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson Air…
- Page 10 HEADQUARTERS AIR DEFENSE COMMAND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ENT AIR FORCE BASE, COLORADO UNCLASSIFIED ADDIX-B 15 AUG 1957 SUBJECT: UFOS Sighting TO: Commander 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron 55th…