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USAF record 28977391

28977391

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 9-10 Mar 58

2. LOCATION Panama Canal Zone

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT:

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS Yes [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Military & Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. Course [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1) Two radar tracks generally triangular propagation is a strong possibility The fact that the target was at 30 miles range and light visibility seems to preclude the possibility of one or both of those sightings being to indicate the possibility of one or both of those sightings were more or less stationary except for alt change Second sight was not a target because of the erratic nature of the signal return.

2) On on radar scope returns at 50 mile range the return was exactly the same as a strong cumulus cloud & had a doppler cell At 20 mile range the return dissipated & althvisibility was exce

11. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

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