USAF record 28981601
28981601
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 1 Jun 59
2. LOCATION Kilburn, S. Australia
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 01:30 P.M. GMT: 01/1030Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual Telescope ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Airborne Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3-5 secs
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS two
9. COURSE SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Two dull white (not very bright) obje with eerie misty appearance... Obj traveling in a straight line with no change in relation to each other... Obj were oval shaped about 2/3 size of full moon.
11. COMMENTS Duration of sighting and distance travelled indicates that this was the observation of a "bolide" type meteor that had already exploded into two objects.
ATIC FORM 229 (REV 26 SEP 82)
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [REDACTED] Probably Balloon [REDACTED] Possibly Balloon [REDACTED] Was Aircraft [REDACTED] Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED] Was Astronomical Objector [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Probably Astronomical Objector [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 1 Jun 59 2. LOCATION Kilburn, S. Australia 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 01:30 P.M. GMT: 01/1030Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual Telescope ☐ Ground-Radar ☐…
- Page 2 Report on U.F.O. 1) 1st January 1959 2) 9:35 PM 3) Eastern Standard Time 4) [REDACTED] KILBURN SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5) 3-5 secs (certain) 6) No trace of daylight. 7) (no own) 8) Many stars (clear night).…
- Page 3 9) Yes, but not self illuminated 10) Dull white. (not very bright!) 11) No to all 7 questions. 12) No. 13) No. 14) eerie misty appearance 15) Naked eye 16) No pound at all. Dull white. 17) [HW:…
- Page 4 Report on U.F.O. 18) Fuzzy or blurred. 19) There were two (2) oval shaped discs. 20) No change in relation to each other. Travelled in straight line. N.N.W. -> S.S.E. 21) No idea of height so I could…
- Page 5 25) Outdoors 26) Suburb of Adelaide (residential and industrial) 27) Observing stars through my reflecting telescope [HW: Member of Astronomical Society of South Australia] [ILLEGIBLE] was brought to…
- Page 6 Report on U.F.O. 31) a) 160° b) 40° 32) [HW: A+B (same ht)] 33) 34) 1) clear sky 2) no wind 3) dry 4) cool 35) did not know where to report here so I have forwarded this report to you.
- Page 7 36) Yes 37) Yes (1st time) 38) No idea 39) No 40) No [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Kilburn South Australia [REDACTED] Kilburn South Australia