USAF record 28999040 (1962)
28999040
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 11 September 1962
2. LOCATION S China Sea
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] Z GMT 11/0452Z 10/2052Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [HW: Ground & Visual] [HW: Ground-Radar] [HW: Air-Visual] [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS ☐ Yea ☐ N[ILLEGIBLE]
6. SOURCE Civilian SS Illinois
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4-8 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object moving from South to North passed in front of ship and disappeared into clouds. Under observation for 4-6 secs. Distinguished from meteor by 1) Near proximity to ship 2) sparks trailing object 3) body length. Thought to be satellite junk burning.
11. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon Possible Balloon Possible Aircraft Possible Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Meteor Probably Astronomical Probably Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 11 September 1962 2. LOCATION S China Sea 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] Z GMT 11/0452Z 10/2052Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [HW: Ground & Visual] [HW:…
- Page 2 MARINE DATA REPORT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Instructions for Reporting Observer 1400...1500 [ILLEGIBLE] 1600 1500...1600 [ILLEGIBLE] 1700 [HW: SOUTH] [HW: EQUATOR] [HW: N44.2II] On 11 Sep 1962 at 842 Zn…
- Page 3 STANDARD FORM NO. 50 Office Memorandum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO: J. S. Lacy, CPI NASA Greenbelt DATE: 10 October 1962 FROM: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office Code 5511 SUBJECT: Unidentified flying…