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USAF record 28998103 (1962)

28998103

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

DATE 0 July 1962

DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 11/0042Z

2. LOCATION Meredith, New Hampshire

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

5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Yes [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 30 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP: Possible Balloon] Possibly Balloon [STAMP: Possibly Balloon] Was Aircraft [STAMP: Possibly Aircraft] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP: Possibly Aircraft]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Observation at twilight for 30 second duration of obj that looked like a/c through TX except that it had a fin pointing in the opposite direction to that normally associated with the tail of an a/c. Looked like an a/c flying backward.

11. COMMENTS Observation for short duration through telescope. Speed, performance and general description conform to an a/c sighting. Wings Span and Angle of Attack indicate direction of flight and degree of bank or turn. It is probably that the angle of the a/c presented this configuration to the observer.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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