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USAF record 302530237 (1953)

302530237

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE Early, September, 1953

2. LOCATION Tenafly, New Jersey

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT [ILLEGIBLE]

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

5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE]

6. SOURCE civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 min 35 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE Northerly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Solid oval with 2 or 3 tails. Silver color with salmon stripe. Disappeared in distance behind hill. Speed estimated at 600 mph and distance 5 miles. Contrails or exhaust.

11. COMMENTS Nothing conflicting with n/c analysis. Contrails or exhaust and vertical tails tend to substantiate this conclusion.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft

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