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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE } 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
_18 January 1956— |Elmendorf, AFB, Alaska |Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
an | M@Ground-Visucl : O Ground-Rador S Brobauly hives sts | |
GMT 19/0442Z (N) D AirVisual — G Air-Intercept Radar [9 -Possibly Aircraft
‘15. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0D Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
MXNo ; [Military . WX Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ; 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 40; Other
0 insufficient Data re Evaluation
Q Unknown |
2-3 seconds _ one E_ to W
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
Resembled rocket exhaust. No obj Meteor sighting.
could be seen ahead of glow, Size of
1/2 dollar. Color--orange yellow to
white, Exhaust 2-3 times as long as
diameter--flight level to horizon.
Same type of sighting occured 18 Jan
56 1800Z except flight was W to E,
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ANGLE OF ELEVATION AND 6@ DEGREES AZIMUTH (D) VERT FAST, LEVEL, PARALLEL
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(7) (A) 29868 THIN SCATTERED, VISIBILITY 15 MILES CLEAR WITH SLIGHT
HAZE (B) SURFACE 595 PECREES 6-15 KNTS, 6,908 14@DGREES 55 KNTS,
18,008 158 DEGREES 39 KNTS, 16,900 14s DEGREES 37 KNTS, 28,980 i5@
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NTS. (C) 8,886 “BROKEN, (D>) 15 MILES, (CE) 6 "3/18, (F) NEGATIVE (3)
NONE (9) INSUFFICIENT TIME» SIGHTING LASTED ONLY 2 TO 5 SECONDS NO
RADAR RETURN FROM ADJACENT ACW DIRECTION CENTER (19) NO AIRCRAFT IN
IMMEDIATE VICINITY (11) CHIEF INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 18TH AIR DIVISION
(DEF) RAPID MOVEMENT PRECLUDES POSSIBILITY OF PLANET OR STAR, ARMY
FIRING AT TIME AND IN DIRECTION OF OBSERVATION. HOWEVER OLY MORTARS
AND MACHINE GUNS WERE USED. PATH OF UFOB WAS PARALLEL TO HORIZON
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