USAF record 28993815
28993815
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 1 AUG 61
2. LOCATION N 74 EOW Quebec, Canada
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 09:330Z GMT [ILLEGIBLE]
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS Yes
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 sec
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE [REDACTED]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Explosion in air estimated at 40,000 feet altitude. Explosion lasting 3 sec. Something shot out from explosion and left trail or smoke visible for about 15 sec.
11. COMMENTS: [HW: Probably a balloon sighting.] Very limited data.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon [HW: Balloon]
Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical Meteor Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
Other [ILLEGIBLE] Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 1 AUG 61 2. LOCATION N 74 EOW Quebec, Canada 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 09:330Z GMT [ILLEGIBLE] 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 5. PHOTOS Yes 6. SOURCE Civilian…
- Page 2 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE AF IN: 12000 (2 Aug 61) W CANOEING ACTION: CIN-17 INFO: ARMY-2, NAVX-2, CMC-8, JCS-35, OSD-15, NSA-7, CIA-11, SMB C 179 OCP-2,…