USAF record 28976036 (1957)
28976036
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 11 December 1957
2. LOCATION Guthrie & Parkersburg, West Virginia
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2200 Local GMT 12/0300Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual XGround-Radar XAir-Intercept Radar XAir-Visual
5. PHOTOS Yes [REDACTED]
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 - 40 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE Stationary Radar Inversion Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A round to crescent shaped object, orange in color, was sighted in the East just above the horizon. The three pilots were of the opinion object was the moon. However, obj supposedly picked up on ground radar also.
11. COMMENTS The moon was approaching 1/4 (first quarter) on 14th, sighting on 1th Direction of obj and moon coincide No witness indicated seeing obj & moon at same time EX inversion probably present Sun inversion distorting moon would cause spurious images of objects including ground objects The pilots no doubt saw the moon The radar paint was probably caused by effects of inversion which distorted visual observation of moon.
STAMP: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 11 December 1957 2. LOCATION Guthrie & Parkersburg, West Virginia 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2200 Local GMT 12/0300Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual XGround-Radar…
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