USAF record 28990251
28990251
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
[REDACTED] Sault Ste Marie, Michigan Level [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE 2/0532Z. Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Civilian One Varied
[HW: Orange object, size of a large star observed to appear to move at high speed with three passes Contd zig-zag from 70 deg elev at 180 azimuth fading to about 50-55 deg elev 110 azimuth Stops were for duration of 1 1/2 seconds No sound trail or exhaust accompanied the observation Sighting with naked eye Normal lapse rate with no inversion]
Speed too great for balloon although zig-zag pattern of flight indicates possibility Distance object traveled indicated speed of about 400 knots at 34,000ft Object in level flight at this altitude and appears to have the same elevation in all sighting and with the extreme shortness of the "stopping" indications are that this was an aircraft flying a generally straight course with a few slight deflection motions
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.…
- Page 2 ZGACSAAP237ZGCSAAB9ZCGSA394 PP RJEDER DE RJEDERS 4 P 251568Z ZEX FM COMDR SSGADS K I SAWYER AFB GUINN NICH TO RJMPAL/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDER/COMDR AIR TECH INT CEN WPAFB OHIO RJEZHRO/ZC USAF…
- Page 3 PAGE TWO RJEDGS 4 8. NO SOUND 9. THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE MOVING AT HIGH SPEED AT TIMES IT WOULD STOP AND AT OTHER TIMES IT WOULD ZIG ZAG B. 1. AT FIRST HE THOUGHT THE OBJECT WAS A SATELLITE HOWEVER…
- Page 4 PAGE THREE RJEDGS 4 1. 4S DEGREES 29'N 64 DEGREES 28'W (SAULT STE MARIE MICH) 2. FB 4329 F. 1. MR. [REDACTED] SAULT STE MARIE MICH MR. [REDACTED] C/O HRS (FRIEND OF THE ABOVE OBSERVER ASSUME APPROX…
- Page 5 PAGE FOUR R.JEDGS 4 3. NIL 1. 1. NIL J NO TRAFFIC IN AREA K F/L ROBERT L. HOLLAND IDENT OFFICER BRAVO CREW THIS OBJECT WAS SEEN BY TWO PERSONS AT THE SAME TIME (ONLY ONE INTERVIEWED) THE INITIAL…
- Page 6 PAGE FIVE RJEDGS 4 SAULT STE MARIE IS APPROX 682 NM. THIS MEANT THE BALLOON WOULD HAVE AVERAGED 27 K PER HOUR OVER THE DISTANCE. THE UPPER WINDS FLOW WAS ALMOST DUE EAST, (REF 520 MB CHART 24 NOV $9)…
- Page 7 JOINT MESSAGEFORM SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER 130 DEC 2 14 52 [STAMP:] ACTION ROUTINE INFO FROM: ATIC W-P AFB TO: K. L. DANIELS AFB, NICKH…
- Page 8 RECEIVE DE RJENCO 11 M06020 1.0 P 193718Z ATC FA COMB SENSAR X I SALVER AFD NICH TO COMB AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CEN UPARK OHIO ST UNCLAS FROM SOCIN-12-U-6-1. YOUR MESSAGE AFICN-4ECN-12-S44A-E…