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USAF record 28989834

28989834

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[REDACTED] (Ground) [REDACTED] (Civilian - Ground) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 24 Oct 60

2. LOCATION Richmond-Norfolk, Virginia area

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2222 GMT [ILLEGIBLE]

5. PHOTOS [HW: Not received] D No

6. SOURCE Military and Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 1/2 min

8. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, light blue object, size of pea at arm's length. Tear-drop shape with trail like arc welder's torch. No sound. Headed N and turned to SS, climbing to 45,000.

9. LOCATION Richmond-Norfolk, Virginia area

10. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Air-Visual]

11. COURSE SS

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

Correlation with sighting at 2331Z from Roanoke Virginia Missile fired from Cape Canaveral at 2330Z with torch of 184 seconds duration.

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