USAF record 28986399 (1950)
28986399
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 5 April, 1950
2. LOCATION Visinity Saipan Island,
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual: ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10-50 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One
9. COURSE Descending
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [HW:] Object, size of softball, variously described as blue-white, or red-yellow, with tail 20 times longer than main body. Appeared to have much slower fall than meteor and was much brighter and fell in a slow arc. Disappeared by burning out.
11. COMMENTS Multiple sighting of same object indicates variance in description of object, even disagreement on color [HW:] Probably a meteor.
ATIC FORM 32V (REV 19 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 5 April, 1950 2. LOCATION Visinity Saipan Island, 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual: ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐…
- Page 2 UNCLASSIFIED RECEIVED 6 APR 59 00 13 1959 APR 6 02 59 HW: AC HW: [REDACTED] HW: [REDACTED] HW: [REDACTED] AC PARAPHERS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS DOCUMENT. INTERNAL REFERENCE ONLY. NO REFERENCE IN THE…
- Page 3 UNCLASSIFIED STAMP: 08513427 STAMP: NH NAVAL SAIPAN STAMP: TO COMMUNICATIONS STAMP: BY X UNIDENTIFIED SLOW FALLING OBJECT SIGHTED [REDACTED] X MANY WITNESSES ONE HITTING X SIGHTED SOUTHEASTSAIPAN X…
- Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED [REDACTED] NYA79006859 DOBUNK DSD SATD 14 39 NP ROKSSR 1960 APR 6 17 49 DO ASHIPS 12 PH COMMUNICATIONS TO ASHIPS/CHIO [HW: A] PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED. EXCEPT FOR CATEGORY B…
- Page 5 PH NAVAD SAIPAN TO COMMUNICATIONS ST X ONE ALFA SLIGHTLY GLENS X BRAVO SOFTBALL X CHARLIE SOME WITNESSES STATE BLUE WHITE OTHERS RED YELLOW X DELTA ONE X ECHO NONE X PORTFOLIO NONE X GOLF/GRANITE…
- Page 6 PAGE TWO REPORT 12 HEIGHT OF OBJECT X BY 0 ELEVATION 35 DEGREES AZIMUTH TRUE X CHARLIE ELEVATION BELOW THIRTY DEGREES AZIMUTH TRUE X DELTA SLOW ANGLE FALL X SOME WITNESSES SAY DUNKED OUT OTHERS SAY…