USAF record 28971178 (1957)
28971178
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 14 August 1957
2. LOCATION Los Angeles, California
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 15/04352
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Ground-Radar [REDACTED] Air-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [HW: No]
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION five seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS three
9. COURSE E to W
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Three round yellow objects the size of a quarter at arm's length. Objects were in the formation of a triangle and flew from approximately East to West. Objects were seen through binoculars for five seconds.
11. COMMENTS: Description, indicates that this sighting was probably caused by aircraft Speed & duration indicate possible meteor sighting Object moved through 20 dgr arc in 5 seconds at extreme elevation yet disappeared into fog bank Insufficient data for analysis due to conflicting information.
ATIC FORM 379 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 14 August 1957 2. LOCATION Los Angeles, California 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 15/04352 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Ground-Radar…
- Page 2 ATIC 39117 31 NTFD 1521432 CO RJEDWP ZDK JPE094 CO RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJWJPB 4E O 1517.5Z TH CONDR 669TH ACORRON POKHUE CALIF TO RJEDEN/CONDR ALC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO RUSPJL/CONDR 27TH…
- Page 3 [STAMP: 15/1300Z AUG RJMPJE] [HW: Binoculars used (7x50 x)] [HW: Observer estimated speed at 1200-1500 knots, altitude 53,332 feet. Also claimed Geiger counter he had jumped up 1800 percent. Did not…