USAF record 28973077
28973077
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 5 November 1857
2. LOCATION Aiken, South Carolina
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1430 EST GMT 05/2330Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Vision [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE] No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 30 min & 57 min
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Cigar shaped obj., size of pea at arm's length, bright white as noon light, changed to red, then amber. Bright white spots on side of obj., Long tail with appearance of 3 blue streaks, thought to be blue flames, size approx same as obj., No sound., Obj remained stationary for most part but made darting movement however, Obj did not track., Obj seemed to move away from observer and fading changed color to red then amber., Obj at 45 dgr elev 210 azimuth at 2330Z & had moved to 30 dgr elev.
11. COMMENTS Venus 210 dgr azimuth 37 minutes later., Observation through high Sirius with BX.
ATIC FORM 29V (REV SEP '52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 5 November 1857 2. LOCATION Aiken, South Carolina 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1430 EST GMT 05/2330Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Vision…
- Page 2 A. OBSERVERS ACCOUNTS: DURING FIRST SIGHTING: CLEAR. DURING SECOND SIGHTING: HIGH BROKEN CLOUDS. B. REPORT FROM AWS: 5,300 330 DEG 10 10,300 250 DEG 25 15,700 260 DEG 45 24,800 285 DEG 51 37,248…
- Page 3 F. LENGTH OF TIME IN SIGHT: OBJECT WAS OBSERVED AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES: 1332 EST TO 1328 EST AND 1219 EST/NOV 2037 EST. FIRST. OBSERVATION WAS MADE WITH VASED EYE, THE SECOND WITH BINOCULARS OF 5…
- Page 4 NO TWO OF RJSKE 12 G. TAIL [HW: LONG TAIL] APPEARANCE OF 3 BLUE STREAKS, THOUGHT TO BE BLUE FLAMES SIZE APPROXIMATELY SAME AS OBJECT ITSELF. H. SOUND NONE I. OTHER PERTINENT OR UNUSUAL FEATURES NONE…
- Page 5 05/23302 [HW: Other] [HW: A/C] [STAMP: 14] [STAMP: 4-4x2a] UNCLASSIFIED // SN-159, UFOB ATTN: EADF CIC. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: A. SHAPE [REDACTED] B. SIZE [REDACTED] AT ARMS LENGTH C. COLOR BRIGHT…