USAF record 28973768 (1957)
28973768
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE November 1957
2. LOCATION Turner AFB, Georgia
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Level: [ILLEGIBLE] GMT: 07/0026
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS Q Yes [HW:] Q No [HW:]
6. SOURCE [STAMP:]
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 203
9. COURSE SSN
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round ball, from size of dime to size of golf ball, yellowish greenish yellow. Two observers describe object as orange (fiery) color, green with an object, length 1 to 2 times diameter, light intensity steady. Did not light up sky. Two observers describe flight as straight line. The two conditions described appeared to fall or descending at great speed. Object disappearance before reaching horizon.
11. COMMENTS The greenish yellow color is that of a bolide, or fireball. The time duration is also right.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE November 1957 2. LOCATION Turner AFB, Georgia 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Level: [ILLEGIBLE] GMT: 07/0026 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ]…
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- Page 3 PAGE TWO RJSTU 11 FLIGHT AS STRAIGHT LINE AND [REDACTED] AS MODERATE ARC, APPEARED TO ALL TO BE DESCENDING AT GREAT SPEED. [HW: ABRUPT DISAPPEARANCE BEFORE REACHING HORIZON.] [HW: TWO OR THREE…
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