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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS
(over Was Balloon
17 December 1957 E of Bermuda Island (Atlanti O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloan
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aireraft
Loeal B Groungavisual 00 00 Probably Aircraft Probably Aircraft
GMT17/22402 GMT17/22402 Air Vi sual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys Ys xx CX Probably Astronomical Probably Astronomical
XIXNo XNNo Military 4 observers O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OURSE Other_ Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
1 - 5 seconds 1 - 5 seconds one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. 11. COMMENTS COMMENTS
One object shape of pencil to round, All indications from report are
size of dime to pea, color white & Size of dime e to pea, color white & that this sighting was a meteor. that this sighting eteor
red. Object appeared to have short tt haye short tt
trail of sparks.
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59th Weather Reconnaissance Sq. Reference AFR 200-2
1. Description of object:
a. Shaper
(1) F
(2) Undetermined
(3)
(4) Round
b. Size:
(1)
(D
(3) B Basketba
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(4) Pea - (4) Pea -• Clne
c. c. Color:
White- .
3)
(4) Silver or -
d. d. One. One.
e. Negative.
f. A Nezative. Cl
g. Tail, trail, or exhaust:
sparks
(2) Looked like cone shaped exhaust with sparks such as from a
toy rocket-
h. Negative.
i. Negative.
2. Course of object:
a. F First attention:
said, "Did you see that airplane pass overhead?" - -
(2) vigator's window
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activity submittin the report and the source of tris report are not essociited with
the inform tion contained herein, the informaticn will be declassified.
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AILLIAN J. CHOMAS
Captain, USAF
Intelligence Officer
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Headquarters MATS by 3 January 1958.
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(4) E Elevation rinus 2
d. Flight path:
(1)
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seconds meterite.
3. Manner of observation:
a. Air-visual.
b. N/A. heading 240°, TAS 235K, GS
c. WB-50 true altitude . Y.
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7. Weather:
a. Clear.
b. 19,000 feet: 19,000 feet: 260/450 260/45
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f. None.
8. Negative.
. Nons. :
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10. Negative.
11. Comments:
a. Position: Squadron Intelligence Officer.
b. Where opinions of the observers are
difference followed by the individual's name.
c. In my opinion, this sighting could possibly be a(meteor.) If, for
example, the object was a meteor, about five miles away, and going down, the
observers would have the illusion that the object was going past them to their
rear in a shallow descent.
d. Lt. sits in the nose airplane with plenty of windows. Capt.
sat in the pilot's seat and can see almost as much as the weather man.
The navigator sits facing the left of the airplane and has a small (about one
square foot) at his upper right Airman was 81 ing at the left
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