USAF record 28994599
28994599
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 14 Sep 61
2. LOCATION Hilliard, Ohio
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2005 GMT 1501052
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED]
5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE]
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 min
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE W-NW [ILLEGIBLE]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING[HW:It brighter than star. Appeared to stand still at 1st, suddenly speeded up and rushed away. Changed brightness and flickered. Was a golden gleam then a big white ball. Size of grapefruit at arms length.]
11. COMMENTS[HW:It is possible that objt of sight- ing was planet Mars. Mars was just on or just below witnesses horizon and was brought into view by atmospheric refraction. Planet was not very bright at this time, having a magnitude of +3 +3,9 but the relatively bright objt w/effect of r refraction appeared as a very bright moving disc to observers. Description and apparent motions are same as objts under circumstances of atmospheric refraction.]
STAMP: ATIC FORM 239 (REV 26 SEP 82)
CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [HW:Probably Balloon] Was Aircraft [HW:Probably Aircraft] Possibly Astronomical
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 14 Sep 61 2. LOCATION Hilliard, Ohio 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2005 GMT 1501052 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] 5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE] 6. SOURCE…
- Page 2 Hrs. [REDACTED] [STAMP:] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [STAMP:] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton, Ohio Gentlemen: I am sending a report on an object which I saw. My…
- Page 3 21. I do not wish to guess at the size. 22. The object appeared to be as large as a grapefruit held in the hand at arms' length. Of this, I am fairly certain. 23. It rose up into the sky and sped…
- Page 4 1. I saw the object on September 14, 1961 2. The time was 8:05 p.m. 3. Eastern time zone--standard time 4. When I saw the object, I was on Roberts Road near Hilliard, Ohio 5. I observed the object…
- Page 5 UFO ANALYSIS SHEET Location HILLIARD, OHIO Date (Local) 14 Sept '61 Hour (Local) 2005 Hour (Z Time Group) 15/0105 Satellite: (Det 5 ATIC, Ext 3279) Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc)…
- Page 6 people of this country or at least the ones who wish to know. I think that the misinformation that is being peddled is causing more fear and trepidation among the people than the truth would. 39. I…
- Page 7 [REDACTED] [HW: French] The position of the planet at the time of the sighting coincides with that reported for the UFO. [HW: French] [STAMP: 12/02/02] [STAMP: 8002] [STAMP: OHIO]