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USAF record 28976127 (1957)

28976127

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

12. CONCLUSIONS

[REDACTED] Chase Field, Beeville, Texas [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE 13 December 1957 Local GMT 13/23/8Z Ground-Visual Ground-Radar [HW: X] Visual Air-Intercept Radar Military 2nd 3–4 seconds two West Two objects described as shooting star or comet, the size of dime, color brilliant white. Objects had exhaust 4 to 5 times as large as object, had tail 12 to 15 times as long as diameter.

Objects were without doubt meteors. The Geminids are very prominent this time of year.

Was Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

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