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USAF record 28971875 (1957)

28971875

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

I. DATE 30 September 1957

2. LOCATION Navy Chase, Texas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2030 GMT 01/0230Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] [HW: CX-In-Visual] [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS [Yes] [X] No

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ONE

9. COURSE WSW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Obj size of pinhead, changing colors from red, yellow, white and blue then repeating same cycle. Object hovered in one spot for a few minutes., then changed to red color, changed to yellow and took off very fast on a 240 qdr heading. Object then faded away in the distance.

11. CONCLUSIONS [Was Balloon] Possibly Balloon [STAMP: Project 10073] Possibly Balloon [STAMP: Project 10073] [Was Aircraft] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP: Project 10073] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP: Project 10073]

In the 12 years of its existence the UFO project has received numerous reports of pilots mistaking Venus for UFO, and often trying to close on it.

ATIC FORM 119 (REV 24 SEP '52)

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