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USAF record 28975439

28975439

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION New Orleans, Louisiana

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 20/20/11/2

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS Yes [No]

6. SOURCE Military (USCG)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 90 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS three

9. COURSE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object round, brilliant white, 8" diameter, gradually descending from 70 dgr altitude to 30 dgr altitude. Changing color to gold then to red at 10 dgr altitude. Object dimmed then became brilliant and separated into three pieces. Color changing in white to orange, largest piece 3 ft long, others 1/2 ft in diameter round.

11. COMMENTS Except for the very long duration (12 min) the obj has all descriptive characteristics of a bolide. No check made at time of rpt on duration or other data. Analysis is unidentified.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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