USAF record 28989289
28989289
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
DATE: 22 Sep 60 LOCATION: Vicinity Winchester Bay, Oregon
DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT: 24/0530Z
PHOTOS: Q Yes N No
SOURCE: Military
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3-4 min NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one COURSE: rapid ascent
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Spherical, moon-sized object oscillating in a rapid ascent with all colors of the spectrum. Decreasing size.
CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft
COMMENTS: It is concluded that refraction of the planet Jupiter was responsible for this sighting. It is not unusual for refracted astronomical objects to give the illusion of zooming straight up. The description by the witness is characteristic of objects distorted by atmospheric refraction.
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD DATE: 22 Sep 60 LOCATION: Vicinity Winchester Bay, Oregon DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT: 24/0530Z PHOTOS: Q Yes N No SOURCE: Military LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3-4 min…
- Page 2 RECEIVED 20SEP60 1529 ATIC [HW: 4HE2X] [HW: 3.9.67] AD MINISTRIES AIR HANDS ST REQUIR 180 AIR N 218317 [STAMP: AD MINISTRIES] [STAMP: ATIC] NO DUAL/OCCURRENCES! ETC AT DASH WHEN MOON AIR INTELLIGENCE…
- Page 3 RECEIVED 25 Sep 50 15 29 ATIC [HW:4EX] [STAMP:130 SEP 50] ZORSTAR 43638 W746ZONW347 MR BJORDS DR BEUKES OP PARK R 294811E PH CCSD THIRTEEN TO ROYAL/COMMANDROOM AND AT BASE ROYAL/CON AIR INTELLIGENCE…
- Page 4 REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED STAMP: 26//830Z
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- Page 6 experiment has five detectors: 1. A 7.50- micron sensor to measure the infrared radiation of the earth and its atmosphere. 2. A sensor for the 8-12 micron unit for a "window" where the cloudless…
- Page 7 Air (1954). They refer to the circumscribed halo formed by upper and lower tangent arcs to the 22 degree halo, and this has a horizontal extent varying with the height of the sun. The circumscribed…
- Page 8 Findings from Mercury's Transit JOSEPH ASHBROOK Mercury appears as a small round dot near the top of the sun's disk, a half inch inside the solar outline. William C. Atkinson, New York City, took…
- Page 9 No Case (Information Only) 17 September 1960 New Berlin, Wisconsin [REDACTED]
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