USAF record 302530197
302530197
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 30 August 63
2. LOCATION Vanadium, Ohio
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1910 GMT 21/08/63
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [Ground-Visual] [Air-Visual]
5. PHOTOS [No]
6. SOURCE civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 30 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS two
9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Two bright red lights moving very fast. Disappeared behind clouds. No positional data obtained. Appeared like child's rulers about inches apart. Observed through windshield of moving car.
11. COMMENTS No mention of disappearance other than disappearing behind clouds. This tends to rule out reflections and indicates that the objects were in the air. Nothing conflicting with a/c analysis. Sighting of airborne lights at night for brief duration case considered as an a/c sighting.
CONCLUSIONS: [Was Balloon] [Was Balloon] Possibly Balloon
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 30 August 63 2. LOCATION Vanadium, Ohio 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1910 GMT 21/08/63 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [Ground-Visual] [Air-Visual] 5. PHOTOS [No] 6. SOURCE…
- Page 2 U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that…
- Page 3 Page 2 8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One): a. None b. A few c. Many d. Don't remember 8.2 MOON (Circle One): a. Bright…
- Page 4 Page 3 14. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how? [HW: YES disappeared behind clouds.] 15. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud? (Circle…
- Page 5 20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) Yes No [HW: Moving very fast] IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? [ILLEGIBLE] 21. Do you think you can…
- Page 6 Page 3 27. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place on "A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a…
- Page 7 30. Have you ever seen this, or a similar object before. If so give date or dates and location. No 31. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yes No 31.1 IF you…