USAF record 28988277
28988277
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE: 20 Aug 60 2. LOCATION: 3 mi NW of Concord, California 3. DATE-TIME GROUP: [REDACTED] 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar 5. PHOTOS: ☐ Yes ☐ No 6. SOURCE: Civilian 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3 min 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one 9. COURSE: NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round, white object with red and white lights, star size. No noticeable tail or exhaust and no sound. Had very abrupt movement - suddenly stopped, hovered, then rose straight up and disappeared.
11. COMMENTS: All movement was in a very small area and object gave appearance of going straight up which is characteristic of disappearance of a refracted astronomical object. The star Vega was in the position given by the observer with a magnitude of 0.1. Time of 0500 is 0508 absolute. Vega rose at 0523 absolute. Case listed as refraction of star Vega.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE: 20 Aug 60 2. LOCATION: 3 mi NW of Concord, California 3. DATE-TIME GROUP: [REDACTED] 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐…
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- Page 3 CONCORD, CALIFORNIA. P. OBSERVER A CIVILIAN [REDACTED] AND A [REDACTED]. Q. CIVILIAN STATED WEATHER CLEAR AND VISIBILITY UNLIMITED. REPORT FROM AVG AS FOLLOWS: 10,328' 213 DEGREES 12 KNOTS 23,329'…