USAF record 302581326 (1968)
302581326
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
FORM FTD SEP 43 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 11/1/68 11 December 1968 15Z
2. LOCATION Near Clayton, Alabama
3. SOURCE Civilian
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [REDACTED] Minutes
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
7. COURSE East
8. PHOTOS D Yes XX No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE D Yes XX No
[HW:] All winds from surface to 80 Thousand feet were basically easterly. [HW:] There is no reason why the object could not have been a upper air balloon.
[STAMP:]
BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: The observer sighted an object that was the color of clear plastic except for a dark patch at one end. The object appeared bigger than a ordinary weather balloon at high altitude and when overhead appeared to be rotating slow and had what appeared to be a dark Gondola underneath.
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD FORM FTD SEP 43 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used. 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 11/1/68 11 December 1968 15Z 2. LOCATION Near Clayton, Alabama 3. SOURCE Civilian 4.…
- Page 2 347 DAY 1968 23.58.24Z MSG # 36340 -PRIORITY (1) SHAPE: DIRIGIBLE OR BLIMP, QBIG IN MIDDLEQ. (2) SIZE COMPARISON TO KNOWN OBJECT: QLIKE ONE OF THE BIGGER ACFT AT HIGH ALTITUDE; BIGGER THAN USUAL WX…
- Page 3 347 DAY 1968 23.58.322 MSG # 36340 - PRIORITY B. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT'S COURSE: (1) OBSERVER'S ATTENTION FIRST CALLED BY OVERHEARING A WOMAN FIELD-HAND MENTION OBJECT TO MALE FIELD-HAND. (2) OBJECT…
- Page 4 347 DAY 1968 23.58.41Z UNCLASSIFIED E F T O MSG # 36340 -PRIORITY SMALLER AND SMALLER IN SIZE, IT GRADUALLY BECAME INVISIBLE IN [HW:] ENE HORIZON HAZE.[ILLEGIBLE] (6) VISIBILITY DURATION: ONE HOUR…
- Page 5 347 DAY 1968 23.58.492 MSG # 36340 -PRIORITY F. IDENTIFYING INFO ON OBSERVER: (1) CIVILIAN (WITH QUASI-MILITARY STATUS, MARITIME SERVICE); [REDACTED] MALE, AGE 45, POST OFFICE BOX EUFAULA, ALABAMA…
- Page 6 347 DAY 1968 23.59.01Z MSG # 36340 - PRIORITY PAGE 4 RUCLEMAU431 UNCLAS E F T O 1. AT 8 ANGELS: 20-TO-28 KTS FROM 300/ [ILLEGIBLE] DEGS. 2. AT 25 ANGS: 36-TO-40 KTS FROM 300 DEGS. 3. AT 50 ANGS: 60…
- Page 7 347 DAY 1968 23,59.19Z MSG # 36340 - PRIORITY UNCLASSIFIED E F T O SPECIALIST, (GS-12), AFSC 8016 (RETIRED USAF MAJOR, AFSC 016), UFO OFFICER, OFFICE OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY (ADF), HQ ADTC (AFSC),…
- Page 8 351 DAY 1968 22.04.44Z MSG K 4406 - PRIORITY UNCLASSIFIED E F T O PTIEZYUW ROCLB/MA0805 3512127-EEEE--PUVAADA. ZNY EEEEE P R 16212UZ DEC 68 FM ADTC EGLIN AFB FLA TO PUVAADA/FTO/TDPT (UFO) WPAFB OHIO…
- Page 9 351 DAY 1968 22.04*57Z UNCLASSIFIED E F T O MSG # 4406 -PRIORITY (A) 80 ANGELS, 279 DEGREES, .029 KNOTS. (B) 50 ANG, 303 DEG, .052 KTS. (C) 30 ANG, 309 DEG, .041 KTS. (D) 20 ANG, 265 DEG , .029 KTS.…
- Page 10 351 DAY 1968 22.05.05Z MSG # 4406 -PRIORITY ************** UNCLASSIFIED E F T O ************** 04.7F AT 3 ANGELS TO PLUS 07.8F AT 7 ANGELS. (b) HIGH-ALTITUDE TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS: 1. FROM MINUS…