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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971774

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONPhiladelphia Airport Penn

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
12 October 1957 o Was Balloon
Philadelphia Airport, Penn! 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
Lecel Ground-Visual Ground-Roder 0 Was Aireraft
0 Probobly Aireraft
GMT 12/1520Z AlrVisual Air-Intereept Redar axPessibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
aYes D0O Probably Astronomical
x No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
VATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
not given one South
10. SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Small very brilliant object dived Verylimited information, but
vertically from very high altitude, possible jet possible j ver crowded 'owded
levelled off & disappeared south. levelled off f & disappeared south. city & near large airport. No city & near r large airport. No
Speed estimated to be very great Speed estimated to be very great radar or other reports of any-
in relation to jet in area. thing unusual in area. thing unusual in area.
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ATIC FOrM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)
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PP RJEPHQ RJEDWP RJEDEN RJEPNB RBEPW RBEGK
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FM NAS WILLOW GROVE
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INFO RBEPW/DNI ERW/DNT
RBEGK/COMEASTSEAFRON C
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FLYOBRPT X COMEASTSEAFRON INSTRUCTION 3822.2 REFERS X REPORTED THIS
ACTIVITY BY PHONE X SMALL BRILLIANT T OBJECT DIVED VERTICALLY FROM (
VERY KHIGH ALTITUDE LEVELLE FF AND ISAPPEARED SOUTH X TWO VISUAL
SIGHTINGS FROM GROUND AND ONE WITNESS AT 1520Q AND
1535Q X OBJECT ESTIMATED OVER NORTH PHILADELPHIA A AIRPORT OBSERVED FROM
ADDRESS
WEATHER CAVU WIND AT 44900 F
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