USAF record 28978897
28978897
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 12 Jul 58
2. LOCATION Grand Rapids, Michigan Grawn, Wyandotte,"//Warren.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 13/0235Z-02:40-0200Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [Sound-Visual] Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS [Yes] Military
6. SOURCE [No]
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 90 secs one NNE
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1) White light, blinking off & on, traveling straight, disappeared instantaneously. 2) Rnd white obj size of pinhead. Light was blinking off & on. Obj disappeared instantaneously. 3) Ball shaped obj w/red glow, flashing or pulsating, disappeared instantaneously to SE. 4) Large white obj, about size of a basketball. Appeared suddenly as large bright light in sky, moving in a circular motion.
11. COMMENTS Confirmed as Sputnik.
ATIC FORM 129 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 12 Jul 58 2. LOCATION Grand Rapids, Michigan Grawn, Wyandotte,"//Warren. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 13/0235Z-02:40-0200Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [Sound-Visual]…
- Page 2 2120 local 314C 12 Jul 58 AFCIN-4E6G 24 July 1958 MEMORANDUM FOR: Captain Niotech - AFCIN-4F3a SUBJECT: General Orbital-Track Checks for Air Sciences Division. [HW: 1.] This office has received a…
- Page 3 Comment re sighting No. 1: Date: 12 July 1958 Hours: 2120 - 2140 local Place: Area near Greenbay, Wisc. a. 0240 Z on 13 July 1958 ΔT (Sputnik III rocket) was over Lake Huron at 135 miles altitude.…
- Page 4 [STAMP:] TELEPHONED To: o.D. No: 3-24/1 Time: 23-25-5 Date: 23-24/18 By: [HW:] Witness RA036 Z SCA-43 YWA7S2ZCZCFJA.42 PP RJEDDN RJEDBN RJEDSG RJEPHG BE RJEDTJ IS [REDACTED] F 131845Z TH CONDR 961ST…
- Page 5 PAGE TWO RHETIJ NNE DIRECTION [HW: Lights blinking off and on] (B) 1-SITTING IN BACK YARD 2-2 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON-AZIMUTH LINE 3-45 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON-AZIMUTH LINE 4-STRAIGHT 5-INSTATANEOUSLY…
- Page 6 Question? - Since in military man - and with the Air Force - what prompted him to report as a straight, non-liable light that was closing and to give a [ILLEGIBLE]? Then appears radar contacts,…
- Page 7 1. 13 JULY 56 AT 0240Z 2. LIGHT CONDITIONS (NIGHT) 2. LOCATION OF OBSERVER 1. NORTH EAST, GRAND RAPIDS (GEOREF EP 2565) F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER 1. CIVILIAN, [REDACTED] ADDRESS,…
- Page 8 [STAMP:] ATICGS PP RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEZHQ DE RJEDW 1G P 136540Z ZEL FH "CORDER 74AST ACORON CUSTER AFS TO RJEDDW/CORDER 32TH ADIV RJEDDK/COMDR ABC" RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTELL CENTER RJEZHQ/ASST CHIEF…
- Page 9 Witness 13/0300Z 91 NNNN E 17 July 10 51 RC876 M SQC483 YMC3552CZCAHA115AE003 RR RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ DE RJEDAH 3E R 142945Z FM COMDR 752ND ACVRON EMPIRE AFS TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB INFO…
- Page 10 (6) NONE PAGE TWO RJEDAH 3E (7) NONE (8) NONE (9) NONE B. (1) SUDDEN APPEARANCE ON LARGE BRIGHT LIGHT IN SKY. (2) [HW: VERY HIGH IN THE SOUTH] (3) OVER HARITON IN THE NORTH (4) [HW: MOVED IN A…