USAF record 28977986
28977986
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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 22 Apr 58
2. LOCATION West Port, Washington.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT: 22/0310Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS No
6. SOURCE Civilian (Light House Keeper)
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4-5 SECS
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE descending
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Large, red, orange & white obj., Had long tail, Broke up & fell.
11. COMMENTS Description is characteristic of a meteor.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Balloon Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] Aircraft Was Astronomical Meteor [ILLEGIBLE] Meteor Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 22 Apr 58 2. LOCATION West Port, Washington. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT: 22/0310Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 5. PHOTOS No 6. SOURCE Civilian (Light House…
- Page 2 [STAMP: 23/05/02] [HW: Pick ASTRO 36] [HW: 1] [HW: 2] [HW: 4E4] [HW: 3] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE RDE53 NV…
- Page 3 PAGE TWO RJPDN 82A 3. N/A 9. EXTRA LARGE II 1. LIGHT AFFECT 2. OVER HEAD 3. 45 DEGREE ANGLE 4. STRAIGHT LINE 5. BROKE UP AND FELL [HW: good] 6. 4 OR 5 SECONDS [HW: good] III 1. CLOUD VISUAL 2. NONE…
- Page 4 10,000 213 DEGREES 95 KNOTS 16,000 293 DEGREES 27 KNOTS 28,000 CALM 38,000 332 DEGREES 28 KNOTS 48,000 322 DEGREES 51 KNOTS 58,582 326 DEGREES 37 KNOTS 68,582 DEGREES KNOTS 1. NONE 4. ISPLUS 5. ABOUT…