USAF record 302551837
302551837
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 11 June 66 10/2300Z
2. LOCATION Kandahar, Afghanistan (3 Witnesses)
3. SOURCE Civilian & Military
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 Hour, 45 Minutes
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
7. COURSE E
8. PHOTOS ☐ Yes [X] No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ☐ Yes [X] No
10. CONCLUSION Astro (VZAS) [HW:]
VENUS was at 75 deg azimuth, 8 deg elevation at 0300 local time.
11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observers noted extremely bright star very low on the horizon being some 5-10 deg above the horizon and about fifteen degrees to left of the moon. Object appeared to be moving horizontally and vertically about a central point. Object slowly rose in the eastern sky until it disappeared as the sun began to rise.
FORM FTD SEP '63 D-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 11 June 66 10/2300Z 2. LOCATION Kandahar, Afghanistan (3 Witnesses) 3. SOURCE Civilian & Military 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 Hour,…
- Page 2 Kingdom of Afghanistan Province of Kabul City of Kabul American Embassy Before me, Charles L. Daris, Vice Consul of the United States of America at Kabul, Afghanistan, duly commissioned and…
- Page 3 B A C - E D Before changing direction of movement, the object always seemed to return to point A. It did not seem to travel directly between C and B, C and D, D and E, or E and B. 6.After we had…
- Page 4 - 3 - Though the object was in the east it was among the last four objects to disappear from the night sky. The other three were the moon, one star in the west, and another star almost directly…