USAF record 302532711
302532711
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 5 May 64
2. LOCATION Toledo, Ohio
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 06/0345Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS No
6. SOURCE civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE up and down
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Witness looking at what he thought to be a star when suddenly it went straight up and came down again (60 seconds). In NW at 45 deg elevation. Color white, Red and Red-orange, disappeared after about 5 minutes.
11. COMMENTS Initial impression was that the obj was a star. Fixation of observation could create illusion of motion since no ready reference to this body would be nearby. Capella in NW at 20 deg elevation. VENUS on or near horizon at 300 deg azimuth. Elevation indicated Capella most likely, duration and disappearance more closely in accord with Venus sighting.
CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [STAMP:] Probably Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:]
Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Probably Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:]
Was Astronomical/Star/Planet [STAMP:] Probably Astronomical [STAMP:] Possibly Astronomical [STAMP:]
Other: Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 5 May 64 2. LOCATION Toledo, Ohio 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 06/0345Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW:…
- Page 2 Air Technical Center Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton Ohio [REDACTED] [HW: EW (ufo)]
- Page 3 [HW: VENUS -4-2] [HW: 5 May 1964] [HW: Toledo, Ohio] Wright-Patterson A.F.B. Dayton, Ohio Dear Sirs, On the fifth of May nineteen hundred sixty-four, I was out on the back steps looking up at a star…
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- Page 5 Is there any possible way that you could set me up with interviews on personal who have seen these. One if at all possible I would like to interview is Al Chop. I have know way of knowing whether he…
- Page 6 [HW: Toledo, Ohio (ILLEGIBLE)] April 5, 1964 U.S.A.F. Washington 25 D.C. Dear Sir, Could you give me any kind of information on 'Flying Saucers' (U.F.O.). I am 17 years of age and I am interested in…