USAF record 28986921
28986921
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MULTIPLE PROJECT 10073 RECOG CARD
1. DATE 20 May 60
2. LOCATION Rhodesia, [HW: Africa]
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 2003552 May 60
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 sec
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE SW-NE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Greenish colored, size of tennis ball, traveling aprox 3000 mph.
11. COMMENTS Probably a fireball.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:]
Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:]
Was Astronomical [STAMP:] Possibly Astronomical [STAMP:]
Other: Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 MULTIPLE PROJECT 10073 RECOG CARD 1. DATE 20 May 60 2. LOCATION Rhodesia, [HW: Africa] 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 2003552 May 60 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar]…
- Page 2 FORM 05-14 DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON INTERDEPARTMENTAL REFERENCE DATE June 7, 1960 REFERRED TO Major Friend Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio RE: WRITER ☐ HAS ☐ HAS NOT BEEN INFORMED…
- Page 3 INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State UNCLASSIFIED Classification Control: 15747 Rec'd: May 21, 1960 5:28 a.m. FROM: Salisbury TO: Secretary of State Info INR EUR SAE SSA DCL IRC CIA OSD ARMY NAVY…
- Page 4 OFFICIAL FILE COPY AFCEN-4152/Naj Friend/arc/69216/typed 16 June 60 Unidentified Flying Object (Rhodesia) Department of State Politico - Military Adviser Bureau of African Affairs Washington 25, D.…
- Page 5 6. For your information, paragraph #15 of AFR 200-2, dated 14 September 1959, spells out the minimum information required by ATIC to insure an adequate evaluation of a report of an unidentified…