USAF record 28976507
28976507
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 4 Jan 53
2. LOCATION Mankato, Kansas
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local dawn
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar]
5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 mins
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE ---
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Spt of strange a/c w/aerials about shape & size of strato-cruiser. Observed at dawn.
11. COMMENTS Observation of one of the new WR-2 type a/c w/radar search aerials. A/C has same general configuration as a strato-cruiser.
CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] GX Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:]
Was Astronomical [STAMP:] Possibly Astronomical [STAMP:] Possibly Astronomical [STAMP:]
Other: Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 4 Jan 53 2. LOCATION Mankato, Kansas 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local dawn 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] 5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE 6. SOURCE…
- Page 2 (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio Gentlemen: After spending the night of January 3rd at the Sleepy Hollow Motel in Mankato, Kansas, my wife and I motored east on Highway 36. I started out…
- Page 3 page 2 Before she could get her camera focused again I saw that the nose of the plane was disappearing and told her to hurry or she would be too late to get a picture. She looked and raised the…
- Page 4 STAMP: 15 FEB 58 SAFIS-3/Maj Tacker/Jmd/74066/22 Feb 58 24 February 1958 Dear Mr. [REDACTED], This is to acknowledge and thank you for your letter of 20 January 1958 addressed to Wright-Patterson Air…