USAF record 29000479 (1963)
29000479
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 25 March 1963
2. LOCATION Chevy Chase, Maryland
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1930 GMT 26/00302
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [REDACTED]
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS nine
9. COURSE West/down
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Outside observing ECHO. Shortly after ECHO passed obj observed at 40-50 dgr elevation in flight (m East to West). Several obj trailed that were bright red. Total duration reported now as 3 seconds. Detailed description furnished DOD of the nine objects.
11. COMMENTS Witness contacted by L/Col Friend and discussion of event indicates that object was a bolide, which exploded into nine pieces.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Meteor [ILLEGIBLE] Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 25 March 1963 2. LOCATION Chevy Chase, Maryland 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1930 GMT 26/00302 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW:…
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- Page 5 SIGHTSEEING SAUCER VISITS STATUE OF LIBERTY: Many of the East Coast papers carried stories of a "meteor" which was seen traveling south on the night of March 25th. It seems strange that no…
- Page 6 Fireball Over Eastern Seaboard The night of March 23, 1963 produced a bright fireball at 10:45 p.m., which was seen by thousands of observers as it passed over important cities along the Eastern…