PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

0 Wes Balloon
O XProbably Balloon

12 November 1957

lark AFB, Luzon, Philippine

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION nay een
F O Was Aircraft
Local 20cGround- Vi sucl O Ground-Radar Q Probobly Aircraft
CMT 12/1335Z 0 Air- Visual G Air-Intercept Redar |9 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
Fn: ee é Military _ a - O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other. , ;
ye 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
climbing O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS |
Round object, approx size of a grape Description is typical of a
fruit, white light flickered on and balioon,

otf. At first sighting object appeared
stationary then disappeared at a high
rate of spesed in an easterly direction
climbing. Object appeared dull red wheh
lights flickered off.

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AND DESCRIBED SAME AS A QUOTE LIGHT UNQUOTE PD THE LIGHT

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CONFIRM PD GOLF NEGATIVE POD HOTEL NEGATIVE PD INDIA NGATIVE
PO PART TWO PD ALPHA OBSERVER WAS LEAVING BASEMOVIE 4
THEATRE WHEN HE NOTICED THREE OTHER PERSONS POINTING AT THE i%
SKY PD BRAVO OBJECT APPEARED STATIONACY IMMEDIATELY Pet
OVERHEAD WHEN FIR T OBSERVED PD ESTIMITED ALTITUDE Two o's
THOUSAND FEET PO CHARLIE NEGATIVE PD DELTA NEGATIVE PO ECHO “Surg
OSJECT DISAPPEARED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED CMM CLIMBING IN hap”

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DARK WITH LIGHT RAIN PO SRAVO WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCIY
IN DEGREES AND KNOTS AT ONE TwO ZERO ZERO ZULU CMM SURFACE
TwO ONE ZERO DEGREES THREE KNOTS CMX IX THOUSANO FEET
THREE ONE ZERO DEGREES FOUR ONE KNOTSSCMM TEN THOUSAND
FEET THREE HUNDRED DEGREES THREE EIGHT KNOTS CMM SIXTEEN
THOUSAND FEET THREE HUNDRED DEGREES FOUR FIVE KNOTS CMM
TWNTY THOUSAND NEET TWO EIGHT ZERO DEGREES TwO SEVEN
KNOTS CMM THIRTY THOUSAND FEET TwO TwO ZERO DEGREES ONE
NINE KNOTS CMM FIFTY THOUSAND FEET THREE HUNORED DEGREES
TEN KNOTS CMM EIGHTY THOUSAND FEET THREE TWOSZERO DEGREES
FOUR FIVE KNOTS PD CHARLIE CEILING ONE TwO FIVE FIVE ZULU
CONSTANT NINE THOUSAND FEET PD ECHO VERCAST PD DELTA
VISIBILITY TEN MILES LIGHT RAUN PD FOXTROT NEGATIVE PD
PART EIGHT PD SIXT FOOT WEATHER BALLOON RELEASED AT ONE
TWO ONE THREE ZERO THREE ZULU PD ROSE RAPIDLY AT RATE

OF APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND FET PER MINUTE PD LAUNCHER
STATES BALLOON DISAPPEARED WITHIN THREE MINUTES PD PART
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WITHIN FIFTY MILES PD PART ELEVEN PO CHIEF CMM COLLECTION

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