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USAF record 28981219 (1958)

28981219

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2 December 1958

2. LOCATION 29 MILES SW of Elmira, N.Y.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 02/0534Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE]

6. SOURCE Civilian Pilot

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE falling

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round obj, which left a long white tail, falling vertically under Polaris which was due north of his position. Pilot believed obj was sputnik decay.

11. COMMENTS Not decay, probably meteor.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Meteor [STAMP:]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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