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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

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2. LOCATION

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Prabably Balloon
Possioly Balloon

Was Aircraft

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Local = QO Ground: Vi sual O Ground-Radar ao Probobly Aircroft
GMT O/O1192 6- Air Vi sual D Air-Intercept Radar | 7 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOT Os é. SOURCE o-- Was Astronomical iv > y * x
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
0 No ‘MS Litary O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
0D Insufficient Data for Evaluction
| O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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UFO. A. DISCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT.

(1) FIREBALL WITH LING BLUE GREEN TAIL ESTIMATED

196 TO 2229 FEET LONG,

(2) WHITE BALL ABOUT SIZE OF PENNY.

(3) THITE AT BASE TRAILING BLUE- GREEN TAIL

(4) ONE

(5) N/A

(6) FIRST APPEARED DIVING TOWARD EARTH AT SPEED

MUCH SLOWER THAN FALLING STAR. VERY BRIGHT LIGHT IN FORM OF
BALL WITH LONG TAIL (GREEN & BLUE), FINALLY BURSTING INTO

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® FLAMES.

' (7) A TAIL OF BLUE & GREEN 190% FEET TO 2099 FEET

LONG. SEE (2) ABOVE

(S) NONE

(9) DISINTERGRATED IN FLAMES AT ESTIMATED 12,029

FEET, FLAMES WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE, VERY ORANGE IN COLOR.
B, DESCRIPTION FO COURSE OF OBJECT (S)

(4) WAS OBERVING CLOUD FORMATIONS AND THIS VERY

BRIGHT LIGHT APPEARED SUDDENLY IN THE SAME VICINITY. WAS
ABLE TO OBERVE FROM START TO FINISH.

(2) 16 DOWN EASTERLY AT APPROXIMATELY 16,222

FEET WHEN FIRST OBSERVED.

(3) 1% DOWN EASTERLY AT APPROXMATELY 12,902 FEET.

FLIGHT LEVEL WAS 1%,@@% FEET. OBJECT DISAPPEARED BY
BURSTING IN MANY DIRECTIONS SLIGHTLY ABOVE AIRCRAFT TO THE
LEFT OF COURSE. ESTIMATED DISTANCE 5 TO 1@ MILES.

(4) 1@ ANGLE DOWN TOWARD THE EAST. STRAIGHT PATH.

(5) BURST INTO FLAMES & DISINTEGRATED AT ESTIMATED
12,008 FEET.

(€) FOUR SECONDS.

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C. MANNER OBF OBSERVATION,

F (2) NONE

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(3) C-124C-52-1834-19,029 FT.-275 -202 K-
DOVER AFB, DELAEARE.

D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING.

(1) @115Z, 16 SEPTEMBER, 1959

(2) NIGHT.

E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER (S)

(1) 39-34N, 34-15W

F, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER (S)
(1) N/A

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(2) Joun r. TAAS% Ti CAPTAION, 1ST ATS, DOVER AFB,
DELAWARE, PILOT. ALSO ANOTHER PILOT IN MATS ACFT 36895
OBSERVED THE OBJECT.

G. WEATHER AND WINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE
OF SIGHTINGS.

€1) SCATTERED CITRUS ESTIMATED BASES 28,292. BROKEN

CUMULOS FORM ESTIMATED TOPS 7,@@2 VISIBILITY DURING
SIGHTING 523 MILES OR BETTER.

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(2) N/A

(3) UNLIMITED SCATTERED CIRUS ESTIMATED BASES
24,308 FEET.

(4) MORE THATN 59 MILES.

(5) BROKEN CUNULUS FORMS ESTIMATED TOPS 7,0@@ FT.
¢$) NONE

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ASTRONOMICAL, OR OTHERWISE, WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE
SIGHTING. NONE

I. DUE TO COMPLETE DISINTEGRATION THERE WAS NO NEED FOR
ANDY SEARCH OF AREA.

Je MATS ACFT 390095, FLT 8228 3 MINUTES AHEAD OF FLIGHT,
SAME DIRECTION, WEST FROM AZORES TO DOVER AFB, DELAWARE.
. PILOT BELIEVES SIGHTING WAS ONE OF TWO THINGS.

(i) A ROCKET OR MISSILE OF SOME SORT TEARING ITSELF
APART DUE TO SPEED.

(2) A FALLING STAR. ¢ HARD TO BELIEVE AS SPEED WAS

MUCH TO SLOW).

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