USAF record 28972054 (1957)
28972054
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 9 October 1957
2. LOCATION Garden City, New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 09/2220Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS [ ] Yes [X] No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION three to four minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE straight up
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One oval bright silver object the size of a dime at arm's length (Obj) was seen moving straight up and was in sight for from three to four minutes.
11. COMMENTS Description, duration, flight path indicate that this sighting was probably caused by a balloon just released.
CONCLUSIONS: [X] Was Balloon [ ] Probably Balloon Possible Balloon [ ] Was Aircraft [ ] Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft [ ] Was Astronomical [ ] Possibly Astronomical Possible Astronomical
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 9 October 1957 2. LOCATION Garden City, New York 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 09/2220Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ]…
- Page 2 9/22/2021 10 Oct 57 00:19 inconsistent info [HW: 4E4] [STAMP: 4-4x2a] O WPE@2 YDD@33 TVA@32 TMB@1NYA@32 OO RJEPNB RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJEPNY 2 O 199848Z FM COC 26TH AIR DIV DEF ROSLYN AFS NY TO…
- Page 3 E. FADED OUT OF SIGHT. F. 3 TO 4 MINS 3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: A. GROUND VISUAL B. NONE C. N/A R. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: A. 09 OCT 57 TIME 2228Z DAY [ILLEGIBLE] = 1740 LOCAL 5. LOCATIONS OF…