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28991564

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 27 Feb 61

2. LOCATION Near Guam 13,45W 144,50S

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 27/1002Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar]

5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] No

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1

9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Spherical objt size of pos with mag of -4,3 (Venus) white turning to reddish with trail 30X diameter of m objt observed at 300° Az 60° elev. Moving to 305° Ax 20° elev. Where it appeared to burn out. Considered satellite reentry.

11. COMMENTS Duration too short for satellite reentry. Direction not clearly NE. Although possible. Objt has characteristics of a meteor and case is considered as astro sighting (Meteor).

STAMP: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP '83)

CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Probably Aircraft Was Astronomical Meteor Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical

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