USAF record 28983607
28983607
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 27 Jun 59
2. LOCATION Lowville, Va
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [REDACTED]
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes]
6. SOURCE Cityillian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [ILLEGIBLE] given
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Airfoil shaped obj., pushing smoke & haze in front of it & around it, seemed to be descending at a fast rate of speed in shallow dive. Four obj's broke off from it & climbed steeply in porte formation. They did not climb b out of sight, but just disappeared. No sound.
11. COMMENTS ATIC agrees w/the conclusions of the witness that this was a pocket of gas. The smoke & haze in the area making it visible.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Probably Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Possibly Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] Probably Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] Possibly Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] Was Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] Possibly Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] Possibly Astronomical
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 27 Jun 59 2. LOCATION Lowville, Va 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [REDACTED] 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]…
- Page 2 Department of the Air Force UFO Investigation Board Washington 29, D. C. July 5, 1959 Dear Sir: One week ago I sighted an unidentified flying object. My attention was called to the object by my…
- Page 3 horizon, about four miles away, I told my daughter to watch for it at a point where I estimated it would break out into the clear again. While we were watching this spot the object evidently made a…
- Page 4 [HW: Analogue and/or Evaluative] [HW: SE] [HW: DAN RIVER] [HW: NORTH] [HW: WEST] Place: Danville, Va. Date: June 27, 1959 Time: Approx. 6 p.m. Visibility: Slight haze Wind: Sun: Temperature: 90…