USAF record 28975045 (1957)
28975045
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 21 November 1957
2. LOCATION Houma, Alabama
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] 21/0800Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar
5. PHOTOS No
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not given
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE down
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Radar picked up target 15 miles long and 10 miles wide. Civil airplanes were unable to pick up target.
11. COMMENTS Lacking any visual observation of so huge an object, it must be considered a false return.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Possibly Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] Possibly Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] Was Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] Possibly Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] Other: False Return [HW:] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [HW:] Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 21 November 1957 2. LOCATION Houma, Alabama 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] 21/0800Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 5. PHOTOS No 6. SOURCE Military 7.…
- Page 2 [STAMP: UNCLASSIFIED] [STAMP: 24 NOV 57] [STAMP: AC PRIOGRITY] [STAMP: CONER 557 ACMRON HOMM ALAH WHITETTEC 233335Z BOOK MSG] [STAMP: TO CCMDR ATIC WP AFB OHIO] OPS 2011. FOR CIC STEWART AFB…
- Page 3 PAGE TWO 55 KNOTS: THE TOP OF HEIGHT RANGE INDICATOR INDICATION WAS 16, 222 FEET AND THE AVERAGE BEING 12, 92 FEET. SEE REMARKS SECTION. NO ACFT WERE SCRAMBLED ON THIS TRACK. CIVIL AERONAUTICS…
- Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE THREE THE HEIGHT RANGE SCOPE WAS QA-27%, NO MAINTENANCE DIFFICULTIES HAD BEEN ENCOUNTERED RECENTLY. A THYRATHRON TYPE MODULATOR IS USED IN BOTH SETS. THE AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY RADAR…
- Page 5 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE FOUR STATIONS WERE FOLLOWING CLEAR WEATHER, (2) THE POSSIBILITY OF CHAFF WAS CONSIDERED BUT THE HEIGHT RANGE INDICATOR INDICATION WAS 12, 200 FEET LONG AND 10 MILES WIDE MAKING IT…
- Page 6 Inclomos Personnel (No classification) Request for Analysis - Electronic (U) Reports AFCIN-429 25 NOV 57 AFIN-4EL Attn: Asst. Hoffman 1. Request that the attack [REDACTED] reports, together with…
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