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USAF record 28995804 (1961)

28995804

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 13 December 1961

2. LOCATION Chicago, Illinois

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [REDACTED] GMT 14/0928Z

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

5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4-5 Seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

9. COURSE N

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Orange to bright white spheres 1/2 size of moon observed to N burning out. Object in sight for 4-5 seconds. No tail or sound and object did not break up or explode.

11. COMMENTS Sighting has the characteristics of a meteor observation.

CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Probably Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:]

Was Astronomical METEOR [HW: Other] Possibly Astronomical METEOR [HW: Other] Possibly Astronomical

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