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USAF record 302530137 (1963)

302530137

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PROJECT 100/3 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 22 August 1963

2. LOCATION Rome, Italy

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 18:58 GMT: 19:58

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW:]

5. PHOTOS [HW:]

6. SOURCE civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 25 seconds [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE Toward Observer [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

10. CONCLUSIONS Was Ballon [STAMP:] Possibly Ballon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:] Was Astronomical [STAMP:] Probably Astronomical [STAMP:]

11. COMMENTS Report in Italian and some detail possibly lost in translation. Since object was observed in front of the car moving toward the observer it is possible that some form of refraction of a light or lens effect or mirage caused this sighting. No attempt at determining the nature of the light. MX data available. All data presented indicates a mirage observation as the most probable cause of this sighting.

[ILLEGIBLE] RECEIVED - ADDITIONAL INFO INDICATES DATE PASSED OVER C&C.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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