USAF record 28971765 (1957)
28971765
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 23 September 1957
2. LOCATION E of Montezuma, Indiana
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 24/0210Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XII Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar D Air-Visual D Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS [No]
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [ILLEGIBLE] minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Oblong disc-shaped object, size of baseball, reddish orange, dim glow, changing to bright at times. No sound. Object appeared in North on southeasterly course, disappeared then reappeared heading West. If held this course for approx 5 miles then turned northward. After holding this course for about 2 minutes, the object again turned E and traveled out of sight.
11. COMMENTS Appears this object was a/c circling for landing at Terre Haute, Indiana.
CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Was Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Probably Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Sufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 23 September 1957 2. LOCATION E of Montezuma, Indiana 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 24/0210Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XII Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar D Air-Visual D…
- Page 2 JEDWP H830 WPA170 YMB87FLAG94 RR RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJEDFL 5P R 252158Z FM COMDR 782ND ACWRON ROCKVILLE AFS ROCKVILLE IND 23 240210Z TO RJEDEN/COMDR/AIRDEFENSE COMM ENT AFB COLO SPR COLO INFO…
- Page 3 PAGE TWO RJEDFL 5P G. NONE, H. NO SOUND I. NONE ITEM II. A. UNKNOWN B. VERY HIGH, NORTH C. VERY HIGH EAST D. OBJECT APPEARED IN NORTH CMM COURSE SOUTHEASTERLY [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE OBJECT MADE TRUN…
- Page 4 PAGE THREE RJEDFL 5P E. SEE ITEM II D. F. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES ITEM III. A. GROUND VISUAL B. NO OPTICAL AIDS C. N/A ITEM IV. A. 24/0218Z [HW: 010-6 = 2010 local] B. NIGHT ITEM V. A. 39 DEGREES…
- Page 5 PAGE FOUR RJEDFL 5P B. SURFACE WINDS CLN NORTH 5 KNOTS 6,000FT--30/15 18,000FT--30/30 16,000FT--318/45 28,000FT--318/45 38,000FT--39/69 48,000FT--29/69 58,699FT--29/45 [ILLEGIBLE] FT--NOT AVAILABLE…