USAF record 28973154 (1957)
28973154
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 5 November 1957
2. LOCATION Gimli RCAF Station, Canada
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE]Z GMT 06/0945Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One
9. COURSE North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round object, size of pinhead, white then red. Remained stationary and then disappeared south to north.
11. COMMENTS Insufficient data, possible balloon. However wind and launch data missing.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [HW: Possibly Balloon] Was Aircraft [HW: Probably Aircraft] Was Astronomical [HW: Possibly Astronomical] Other: Insufficient Date for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 5 November 1957 2. LOCATION Gimli RCAF Station, Canada 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE]Z GMT 06/0945Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar]…
- Page 2 5 6/00452 [HW: Poss balloon] [STAMP: Nov 6 07 38 '57] RF065 AT WPF087 YMB093NGA030LZAO1 [HW: CANADA] PP RJEDDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJEDNG 1L P Z69315Z FM COMDR 916TH SQ BEAUSEJOUR MAN CAN TO…
- Page 3 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 232-2 THE FOLLOWING UFOB REPORT IS SUBMITTED: 1 (A) ROUND [HW: Very, very small object?] (B) 916TH-PINHEAD GIMILI-HEAD OF PENCIL (L WHITE THEN RED) [HW: Characteristic of UX…
- Page 4 (C) UNK 4 (A) GIMILI 06/0045Z AND 06/0100Z 2045-6 = 1845 916 06/1110Z 1110-6 = 0510 (B) NIGHT [HW: error] 3 GIMILI HF 9538 It is very possible a balloon was launched from any one of the numerous…
- Page 5 (B) [REDACTED] F/O ADDRESS SAME A ABOVE DUTY OFFICER F/O ADDRESS SAME AS OBOVE OIC OF NIGHT FLYING 916TH SQ ADC BEAUSEJOUR MAN CAN RADAR OPER ADDRESS AND DUTY SAME AS ABOVE ADDRESS AND DUTY SUME AS…
- Page 6 [HW: Wind direction] [HW: 9164] [STAMP:]