USAF record 28998520 (1952)
28998520
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE (week of) 6 August 1952
2. LOCATION Colorado [HW:]
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local midnight GMT
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS [X] Yes [ ] No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not rptd
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Something huge passed through sky, front end round like a ball of fire with sparks trailing. Accompanied by swooshing sound. Close to Earth and estimated landing 200-300 miles away.
11. COMMENTS Description of meteor sighting although duration not rptd.
12. CONCLUSIONS [ ] Was Ballon [ ] Probably Ballon [ ] Possibly Ballon [ ] Was Aircraft [ ] Probably Aircraft [ ] Possibly Aircraft [ ] Was Astronomical Meteor [ ] Probably Astronomical Meteor [ ] Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE (week of) 6 August 1952 2. LOCATION Colorado [HW:] 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local midnight GMT 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ]…
- Page 2 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROUTING SLIP TO ADV ACTION COPY TO INFO COPY TO TO ADV ACTION COPY TO INFO COPY TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (N) DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASSISTANT…
- Page 3 Area C. Hayden, Colo., P.O. 915742 Office of Sec'y of Defense Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: About midnight during the week of Aug. 6, Something huge - of box car size - passed thru the sky near Rabbit…
- Page 4 2 My companions were asleep but I was afraid of the bears; we have about 800 of them in the Routt Co. National Forest. The next morning they ribbed me lightly, like, "you been out in the sun too…