USAF record 28973042 (1957)
28973042
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 5 November 1957
2. LOCATION Travis County Prison, Georgia
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 05/22/47
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Vizual [X] Binoculars [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Radar [ ] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS [X] Yes [ ] No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 45 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE NB to SW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Aluminum rocket shaped obj with nose shaped like basketball. Four ft exhaust red smoke from tail. His-sing sound, Had level flight path & faded out of sight.
11. COMMENTS The obj probably a jet a/c rptd to be in area at time of sighting.
12. CONCLUSIONS [X] Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon [X] Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Possibly Astronautical Possible Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 5 November 1957 2. LOCATION Travis County Prison, Georgia 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 05/22/47 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Vizual [X]…
- Page 2 (C) SURFACE (CALM) 3,250 - 330/17, 15:00 - 29/23, W 15:00 - 2PM/40, 2PM/68 - 2PM/59, 3PM/68 - 2PM/76, 5PM/68 - 2PM/58. (C) SCATTERED [HW: W-F Clouds] If the object was extremely fast and clouded, the…
- Page 3 (2) LOSE SHAPED LIKS BASKETBALL (C) ALUMINUM (D) ONE (E) N/A (F) NONE (G) 4 FT EXHAUST OF RED SMOKE FROM TAIL... (H) MISSING (I) N/A [HW: SEE TWO RJESKB 18] (2) (A) 20C POST (B) EST 43 DEG ELEVATION…