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USAF record 302545350

302545350

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 7 Oct 65 07/0833Z

2. LOCATION [REDACTED]

3. SOURCE Military

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 7 to 12

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4½ hours

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual, Radar

7. COURSE Hovering, Stationary

8. PHOTOS Radar Scope [HW: Photos] [ILLEGIBLE] No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE [ILLEGIBLE] No

10. CONCLUSION 1. Visual: Astro (STARS/PLANETS) 2. Radar: Other (RETURNS DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS)

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Tower operator first noticed flashing lights. Objects appeared to have elev of between 020 and 045 deg and az of 050 to 075 deg. Of the 7 objects reported visually, 4 persisted longer. These objects seemed to be in formation and they varied in their flight paths. Their main change was in alt. They appeared to hover and then rise in a near vertical direction. These objects looked like all the other stars and after a while they just seemed to blink in with the other stars. The other 3 objects were gradually fading from view over a short time. Radar contacts came from relatively dispersed areas. All the contacts obtained were difficult to hold because of slow speeds involved. The height finding radar similarly had little luck in giving valid changes in alt. There was no overall discernible pattern to the flight paths of the objects when considered as a whole.

FORM FTD SEP-63 O-329 (TDE) STAMP: [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

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