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USAF record 28993555 (1961)

28993555

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 21 July 1961

2. LOCATION Helena, Montana

3. DATE-TIME GROUP [ILLEGIBLE]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes]

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS two

9. COURSE North

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Two round bright obj's in trail three minutes apart observed by B-52 crew with oyo & sextant, 3-4 times as bright as satellite, Size of star, Steady flight, straight & level, Initial observation 4 dgrs below moon moving rapidly at estimated 25 dgr elevation, into sun at 10 dgr elev 260dgr azimuth, Observation through sextant did not reveal additional features, A/c was heading 098dgr, Speed 440 knots, WX clear visibility unlimit.

11. COMMENTS Observation prior to dusk, A/c on J-30 inbound to Billings Rptd obj was moving West Initial sighting along J-7 at about Whitehall Two jet a/c on child route inbound to Billings Great Falls Montana could present this configuration Obj's would appear to be moving West when in reality they were at greater alt than 38,000ft moving North at about same or greater speed than observers a/c Case evaluated as n/

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 53)

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