PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

DATE LOCATION

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29 snril 1957 Rnglieh Chan eens
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION England)
.Lecoi __ 3 i 0 Ground-Vi sual ©: Ground-Radar
GMT 29/21007_ Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodor
5. PHOTOS ' « SOURCE
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Object flying in excess of 900 mph
picked up on Radar screen, Jots scram-
bled and contact madg. Possible test

a/c.

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12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probobly Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Wos Aircraft
rs dered Aircroft
ossibly Aircraft

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Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomicol
Possibly Astronomical

Other re
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

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11. COMMENTS

Believed to be French modsl of

new type a/c during testing.

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LONDON, April 30—R oval
Air Force allsveather jet fight-|
ers screamed into the air last
night to chase a mystery object!
spotted on a south coast radar’
screen, |

The Javelin fighters from
Odiham Base near Southamp.-
jton failed to intercept the ob-;
ject, reported traveling at $00;
jiniles an hour over the English’!
‘Channel.

An Air Ministry spokesman)
‘in’ London, disclosing this oF
day, said the object was firs
isighted just before 9 ptgtonk|
‘last night.
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| An Air Ministry investiga-|'
tion has been ordered and ro-!!
ports from radar stations along |
the coast are being studied, |

It is understood the object,
could. have been a manufac.
turer’s test plane. Private firms |
he sting prototypes do not nec-|

essarily have to give prior warn- |
ing to the Air Ministry of any |
‘intended hi ai-speed attemot.
;. The Ministry is waiting to seei}
ji any manuf facturer does re-
/port such a flight. |

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British identify
Mystery Object

Reuters

LONDON, "Isyv 8—A myste-
ricus fast-lying object over the
English Chennel, which last

week left pursuing Rgyal Alr'a, °
Force jets fying at G0 >.p.h.

fas behind, now has iden-;
tified, according to an author-
itated aviation source,

But Air Ministry officials will
not reveal the secret until Air
Minister George Ward tells it
to Commons next Wednesday
in answer to a question.

A London evening newspaper
tonight speculated that the od
ject was the new French fight-
er plane, the Mirage, said to be
capable of fying at 1100 miles
an hour, But the avtation source
said it was not believed this

was the real answer.

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nus! LONDON, May 5.—A mys-
nes] terious flying object that
_ @asily distanced British jave-
200] lin jets that rushed up to in-
so-| tercept it over the English |
Channel last week was identi-
uris| tied today as a visitor from |
ject] Srance, not from outer space.
jo} The London Evening News
om.| Said it was one of France's
new 1100-mile-an-hour jet :
this] tghters, the delta-winged
Mirage, out on-a night flight.
hil} One of the claims of the
va.) Dirage’s designers, the Des- )
g59| Sault Co., is that the plane
,’<| 13 “impossibl eto catch.”

mal Escaoe Plane

-— d="Flying Golf Ball" reported from London, issex,Gravesend,
mUReEe Tet ee bean © Chingdord.(London UFO dove,climbed,hovered & even,
whistled), liany reports said there were orange,glowing Objects,:
but nosound noticed.(f "Flying Golf Ball"reported over Tash, DC,
I could undersvand!), (See:July 2nd, Report, Alamo,Texas).
*London, ing-5;30 to 9:ld5pmeTV interference reported by witness.
*Over ling »Channel-8:50pm-Ur0s tracked’on Radar;British Javelins
sent-up to investigate,found nothing,apparently. UFOs shot Wi,
*Leckhampton, Eng-9:20pm--"Cigar"UFO silently swallows Dise after
they had made light"Signals"at eachother, says Renort(See:3/10),
*London, Ing=-9:25pm—Blurry;orange Disc going N/ near clouds...
*l tudeford’ Beach, Ung-Large,orange UFO observed by many 1/2minute.