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USAF record 28988096 (1950)

28988096

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 4 August, 1950

2. LOCATION Dexter, Maine

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT [ILLEGIBLE]

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

5. PHOTOS Yes [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3-4 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

9. COURSE Not Given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, light blue object, size of a grapefruit at arm's length putting off sparks on plane four feet long tall, flight path was straight, object disappeared behind trees.

11. COMMENTS Description is characteristic of a meteor; correlates with sightings at Dexter, Maine and North Concord AFS, Vermont at the same time.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Was Meteor [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Probably Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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