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USAF record 28973100 (1957)

28973100

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 5 November 1957

2. LOCATION Approx 200 Mi south of New Orleans, Louisiana

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 0510 - 0521 hrs. GMT: [ILLEGIBLE]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No

6. SOURCE Coast Guard Ship

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION approx 11 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS four

9. COURSE SEPARATE & variable

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Report from skipper of Sabego that 2 contacts made on radar of unknown object, also one visual sighting. Press & TV implied that it was one simple distinct mysterious object. Visual sighting at 0521Z. Object insight for 3 seconds in horizontal flight from 270 dgr to 310 dgr azimuth at altitude of [ILLEGIBLE] dgr.

STAMP: ATIC FORM 329 (REV SEp '52)

12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Was Aircraft ☒ Was Astronomical Meteor ☒ Probably Astronomical ❄️ Possibly Astronomical

Other: ❄️ Spurious Return ❄️ Unknown Data for Evaluation Unknown

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