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USAF record 28999208 (1962)

28999208

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 20 September 1962

2. LOCATION Eagleth, Minnesota

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 21/0158Z.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS O [HW: Yes] Z No

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 minute 30 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

9. COURSE SE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Large starlike flashing object, flashing at rate of about twice a second, magnitude of planet, which was moving much faster than satellite, observed at flight elevation fm a/c at 35,000ft at 300 dgr azimuth. Object disappeared after straight flight of 1 min 30 secs by fading prior to reaching the horizon at 120 dgr azimuth. Other objects making intercepts on these a/c were at lower altitude, looked like a/c at 70,000 ft with speed of Mach 3.

11. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Probably Aircraft [STAMP:] Was Astronomical [STAMP:] Possibly Astronomical

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