USAF record 28988430
28988430
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MILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 22 Aug 60
2. LOCATION NNW of Lebreville, Africa
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 24:2751Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Air-Visual
5. PHOTOS Yes
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 sec
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE S
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, orange object, size of volley ball. Object exploded with a brilliant flash at an estimated 20,000,00 altitude. After explosion a bluish green trail was observed which lasted about 2 sec, then changed into a whitish gray could which lasted for 9 min.
11. CONCLUSIONS Probably Balloon Possibly Aircraft
12. CONCLUSIONS (CONT.) Possibly Balloon Possibly Aircraft
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- Page 1 MILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 22 Aug 60 2. LOCATION NNW of Lebreville, Africa 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 24:2751Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Air-Visual 5.…
- Page 2 UNCLASSIFIED [REDACTED] 1950 AUG 23 21 40 ATIC PP RJEDSQ DE RJFXHD $7 P 231630Z PH 3908CSG SIDI SLIMANE AB MOR TO RJWFAL/AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER…
- Page 3 PAGE TWO KJFXHD 67 (C) MANNER OF OBSERVATION (1) AIR-VISUAL (2) NA (3) C-124, AF 17276, 10,500 FEET, 299 DEGREES TRU HEADING, 210 KNOTS. AIRCRAFT'S HOME STATION, DDONALDSON AFB SOUTH CAROLINA, CREW'S…
- Page 4 PAGE THREE RJFXHD 67 (3) 1/10 CIRRUS AT 30,000 TO 30,000 FEET (4) UNLIMITED (5) SOLID UNDERCAST TOPS ESTIMATED AT 9,000 FEET (6) NONE (7) PLUS 13 DEGREES "C" (9) OBJECT EXPLODED IN A BRILLIANT FLASH…
- Page 5 PAGE FOUR RJFXHD 67 ARC (2) TWELVE O'OCLOCK POSITION WITH 80 DEGREES ELEVATION AT FIRST SIGHTING (3) TEN O'CLOCK POSITION WITH 45DEGREES ELEVATION END OF SIGHTING (4) OBJECT'S FLIGHT PATH WAS IN A…
- Page 6 PAGE FIVE RJFXHD 67 DISAPTED. CONGO AIRWAYS ACKNOWLEDGED. APPROXIMATELY 22/1320Z CONGO AIRWAYS REQUESTED AND RECEIVED AIRCRAFT POSITION AT TIME OF SIGHTING. (3) APPROXIMATELY 22/200Z, SIDI AIRWAYS…
- Page 7 Description cont; Size of the flash was at least 2 feet in diameter at arms length. After explosion a bluish green trail was observed in an arc of about 20 deg which lasted about 2 seconds and…
- Page 8 UFO ANALYSIS SHEET Location NNW of Libreville, west Africa (airborn) Date 22 August 1960 Hour (Z) 1751Z WX Wis uni, solid undercast, scattered clouds [REDACTED] above Description Round, size of…