USAF record 28973206 (1957)
28973206
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 5 November 1957
2. LOCATION Texas New Mexico Area
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 06/0300Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XB Ground-Vi-sual [HW: Binoculars] Ground-Radar [HW: Air-View] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE SW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object size of basketball, silver changing to red, appeared to be rotat-ing & descending on a SW heading. Faded just above horizon.
11. COMMENTS Venus in the SSW, now so bright many newspapers and astro journals have publicity commenting on it. (publicly commented on it.)
12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☒ Possibly Astronomical [STAMP:]
Venus
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 5 November 1957 2. LOCATION Texas New Mexico Area 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 06/0300Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XB Ground-Vi-sual [HW: Binoculars]…
- Page 2 5. 6/0257 Z/03.25 Multi Good example of Mass suggestions from the levelled recording [ILLEGIBLE] days later. Cost [ILLEGIBLE] red meteorite (Decibel 194) JEDWP K99IV WPC112 YDD964…
- Page 3 PAGE TWO RJWFDN 1F (1) COLOR ALTERATED FROM SILVER TO RED AND BACK TO SILVER (2) (A) AIR POLICEMAN AT MAIN GATE OBSERVED BRIGHT LIGHT IN SKY, CHANGING IN COLOR (B) FORTY-FIVE (45) TO FIFTY (50)…
- Page 4 PAGE THREE RJWFDN 1F AGE 13 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AGE 14 [HW: Juvenile youth] DEMING N. MEX [REDACTED] N. MEX AGE 15 [HW: Juvenile youth] DEMING, N. MEX [REDACTED] N. MEX AGE 12 CBS CORRESPONDENT…
- Page 5 PAGE FOUR RJWFDN 1J [REDACTED] AGE 21 BORDER PATROLMAN [REDACTED] FABENS, TEXAS AGE 29 BORDER PATROLMAN [REDACTED] FABENS, TEXAS [REDACTED] SGT [ILLEGIBLE] SORS AIR POLICEMAN OF OF 685TH ACWRON LAS…
- Page 6 PAGE FIVE RJWFDN 1F (7) (A) 9000FT BROKEN SSW CLEAR TO WNW VIS. 40-56 MILES, SURFACE WINDS NEGATIVE [HW: NOTE: NO WINDS GIVEN BETWEEN SURFACE AND 15,000 FT.] (8) (B) SURFACE-NONE, 6200 FT NEGATIVE,…
- Page 7 PAGE SIX RJWFDN 1F AT 8413Z 6 NOV 1957 MEMBER OF US BORDER PATROL REPORTED OBJECT CORRESPONDING WITH THE TWO ABOVE MENTIONED SIGHTINGS AS TO DESCR PTION OF OBJECT. THIS OBJECT WAS SIGHTED 20…
- Page 8 ASTRONOMY Venus Most Prominent Venus, the only planet now visible in the evening, is a brilliant object in the sky and will soon be joined by the Leonids, "shooting stars." By JAMES STOKLEY THAT…
- Page 9 ATIC Nov 7 '02 10 '57 34x20 [STAMP:] 7 Nov 57 09 05 MINN AD123 UPC123 YDB223 WYD223DNA265DNDD81 NR ROEDWP ROEDWP DE RJWFDN 18D A [REDACTED] IN CONDR 759TH ACRON TO RJWFDN/CONDR ATIC ROEDWP/CONDR ATIC…
- Page 10 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 5 November 1937 2. LOCATION Long Beach, California 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE]Z GMT 08/0301Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XII Ground-Vi seul [REDACTED]…