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USAF record 28972008 (1957)

28972008

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 6 October 1957

2. LOCATION Des Moines, Iowa

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local Out 06/2229Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION X2 Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Ground-Radar [REDACTED] Air-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Intercept Radar [REDACTED]

5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] X2 No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION one minute

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE NW to SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round silver object the size of a basketball at arm's length. Object was seen flying from NW to SW for one minute.

11. COMMENTS Description, duration, flight path indicate that this sighting was probably caused by an aircraft.

12. CONCLUSIONS [HW: Was Ballion] Possibly Ballion [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

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