USAF record 29000786 (1963)
29000786
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 8 May 1963
2. LOCATION 58.15N 169120W (Patience)
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 09/0016Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [ILLEGIBLE]
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One
9. COURSE West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Radar contact followed by visual contact with silver object with sun reflecting from fuselage. Obj heading west at 60,000 feet.
11. COMMENTS Crew debrief indicated that the object was an unidentified bomber type a/c, silver in color w/four contrails blending into one.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Probably Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:]
Was Astronomical [STAMP:] Probably Astronomical [STAMP:] Possibly Astronomical [STAMP:]
Other [STAMP:] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [STAMP:] Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 8 May 1963 2. LOCATION 58.15N 169120W (Patience) 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 09/0016Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 5. PHOTOS…
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