USAF record 28973761 (1957)
28973761
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 6 November 1957
2. LOCATION Hempstead L.I., New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 07:0017Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 3 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS two
9. COURSE West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round object, size of baseball, orange two, one above the other, vapor trail.
11. COMMENTS The observer was under one of the world's busiest airway traffic lanes & no doubt object was an aircraft.
CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☒ Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. DATE 6 November 1957 2. LOCATION Hempstead L.I., New York 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 07:0017Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐…
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