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USAF record 29000286 (1963)

29000286

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 20 February 1963

2. LOCATION Lajes, Azores

3. DATE-TIME GROUP [REDACTED]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS Q Yes X No

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS [REDACTED]

9. COURSE Easterly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object without trail or sound observed by flight military personnel on duty. Object at 75 dgr elevation NW of airstrip in Easterly flight which was described as wavy. Sighted during night. WX partly cloudy at same elevation (45 dgr). Wind at 10,000 ft was 30 knots from [ILLEGIBLE] dgr.

11. COMMENTS Description & motion conform to balloon sighting. Winds from west at speed consistent with this analysis. Possibility of launch from Horta Naval Station 60 miles to West or other location. Case evaluated as a balloon sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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