USAF record 28987028
28987028
Document text — page 1 excerpt
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
MILITARY
1. DATE 28 May 60
2. LOCATION Penns Park, Pennsylvania
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 29/0220Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Ground-Radar [REDACTED] Air-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Intercept Radar [REDACTED]
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [HW: No]
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 min
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE W
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Oval orange light, size of grapefruit. At first the object appeared to be stationary, then it started to move in a westerly heading and grew smaller then larger in size. The object just vanished. Searchlights in area. Low ceiling, broken clouds in area.
11. COMMENTS Light reflection possible cause from searchlights on broken cloud.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Probably Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:]
ATIC FORM 339 (REV 26 SEP 53)
Page excerpts
- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD MILITARY 1. DATE 28 May 60 2. LOCATION Penns Park, Pennsylvania 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 29/0220Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Ground-Radar [REDACTED]…
- Page 2 HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK AIR DEFENSE SECTOR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey REPLY TO: ATTN: OFF: NYOIN 6 JUN 1960 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Report TO: Air Technical…
- Page 3 (4) At first the object appeared to be stationary, then it started to move in a westerly heading and grew smaller then larger in size. (5) The object just vanished. (6) The object was visible for…
- Page 4 16000': 170/20 20000': 180/25 30000': 190/25 50000': 230/35 (3) Ceiling: 150' to 4,499' broken (4) Visibility: 16 miles (5) Cloud cover: approximately 5% (6) None (7) None h. None i. None j. Unknown…
- Page 5 could have caused a reflection on the clouds. Since the cloud cover was broken the light reflection could have given the observer the orange light and size and shape of the object. No further…