USAF record 302533132
302533132
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 25 May 64
2. LOCATION Ansted, West Virginia
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2030 EDT GMT 26/0030Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED]
5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
6. SOURCE civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 - 2 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE falling
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Witness observed obj from brief glance while driving. Falling obj 2 - 3 ft in diameter. Ball of fire. Tail of fire 40 ft long. Bright like welders arc. High heat indicated to observer. Extremely bright. No sound. Brighter than sun. Vertical fall. Thought to be 3 - 4 miles away.
11. COMMENTS Meteor Sigting.
12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [REDACTED] Probably Balloon [REDACTED] Possibly Balloon [REDACTED] Was Aircraft [REDACTED] Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED] Possibly Astronomical [REDACTED]
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 25 May 64 2. LOCATION Ansted, West Virginia 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2030 EDT GMT 26/0030Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] 5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE…
- Page 2 September 2, 1964 Dear Mr. [REDACTED], This is in reference to an Unidentified Flying Object report you forwarded to the Air Force. Evaluation of the information you submitted indicates that the…
- Page 3 HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO REPLY TO ATTN OF: TDEW SUBJECT: UFO Sighting, 25 May 64, Ansted, W Va…
- Page 4 May 25, 1964 Austed, A.Ia. To whom it May Concern, Dear Sir: At approximately 8:30 p.m. on the evening of May 25, 1964, to the North-East of the City of Austed, I saw a falling object. It was a ball…
- Page 5 a lot of bright light Such as the Electric arc Furnaces at Alby, and magnesium flares used by Airplanes. I do not know if this will be looked into but I hope it will be. Thank you for your trouble.…
- Page 6 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 7 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 8 Page 3 14. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how? This object was in a vertical fall, very high speed as to a shooting star, was diving and glanced away from the land. Snow…
- Page 9 Page 4 20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) [HW: Yes] No IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? [HW: 20,000] 21. Do you think you can estimate how…
- Page 10 Page 5 27. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a…