USAF record 28979522 (1958)
28979522
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 19 August 1958
2. LOCATION Beacon, New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 20/0147Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 60-90 secs
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE East to West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Rnd, blue-white obj, four to seven times larger than Sputnik. Had straight course.
11. COMMENTS Strong possibility of a/c sighting; however, data such as distance of travel missing.
ATIC FORM 229 (REV 26 SEP 52)
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Probably Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. DATE 19 August 1958 2. LOCATION Beacon, New York 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 20/0147Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual…
- Page 2 NNNN [HW: Collect col] [HW: 11052] [STAMP: TELEPHONED] [STAMP: CORRECTED COPY OF REPORT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED] RB014 CZCSQA257ZCYYB929 PP RJEDSQ ZEL RJEDNB3 PP RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEZHQ DE RJEDNB 4 P…
- Page 3 I. EXTREMESPEED II. A. WATCHING SPUTNIK TRANSIT B. AT THE POINT AT WHICH SPUTNIK FADED FROM WIGHT<WHICH FIRST SEEN C. TO THE WEST<WHICH 1/3T SEEN D. STRAIGHT COURSE EAST TO WEST E. OUT OF SIGHT…
- Page 4 PAGE THREE RJEDNB 4 16,220 30/25 WNW 20,100 29/32 WNW 32,830 29/45 WNW 50,600 [ILLEGIBLE] NW [ILLEGIBLE] 28/43 NW 80,730 29/4: UNW C. UNLIMITED [HW:] D. 15 MILES E. NONE F. NONE VIII. A. NONE B. NONE…