USAF record 28996301 (1962)
28996301
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 21 Feb 1962
2. LOCATION Aliwal North, South Africa
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes Physical] [HW: No Specimen]
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE ...
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Piece of metal recovered in South Africa.
11. COMMENTS Identified as booster rocket section of Glenn flight.
ATIC FORM 229 (REV 26 SEP 52)
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] Astronomical Atlas Booster Other Object Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 21 Feb 1962 2. LOCATION Aliwal North, South Africa 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar] 5.…
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