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USAF record 28999156 (1962)

28999156

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 18 September 1962

2. LOCATION Ft Bragg, South Carolina

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 18/0555Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS O/Y** O/No

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE descent

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright hemispherical light observed for 4 minutes in parabolic descent. Tail 3X size of obj. Light accelerated & tail became elongated & pointed. Initial observation in North at 60 deg elevation. Went out at 45 deg azimuth 30 deg elevation. Observation during night exercise.

11. COMMENTS Description conforms to that expected of flare dropped from a/c during military exercises.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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

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