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USAF record 28980642 (1958)

28980642

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

DATE 17 October 1958

LOCATION Grand Rapids, Michigan

TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 13/0425Z

PHOTOS No

SOURCE Civilian

NUMBER OF OBJECTS 24

COURSE SE

LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 25 seconds

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Twenty-four round, amber colored obj., size of dime. Traveling at very high alt. Two flights of 12 each.

CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [REDACTED] Was Aircraft [REDACTED] Possibly Balloon [REDACTED] Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED]

COMMENTS Checked w/ an astronomer, & his opinion that due to description, flight path, and time duration, obj. were probably in the arctide meteoric shower which occurs in October.

ATIC FORM 339 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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