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28984387

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 5 Sep 59

2. LOCATION Maldon, Missouri

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 06/05002

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

5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION over 1 hr

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE NIM

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Obj changing color from white to red to green observed for over one hr. Slow movement at 6° elev., initial observation at 60° elev., no final position reported except that Obj was still in sight. There was a typical temperature inversion present. Obj appeared as a light only.

11. COMMENTS Obj has the characteristics of an astronomical body as viewed thru the inversion, color change, direction of movement and apparent rate of movement tend to substantiate this conclusion. Case considered as an astronomical sighting. Exact star or planet cannot be determined without the positional information.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 53)

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