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CASE REFERENCE7811631

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONSEOf Roswell New Mexico

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WILLIAMS. JAnes PROJECT 10973 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Gf Any HAD Co AP —_ Wee Bintan dl x 0 Was Balloon
2 *ajt. >)! sh OF Roswell, NeW :168237C0 QO Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP \* TYP a OF OBSERVATION -, CSS ere
7+ > } MB r 10 Was Aiscroft
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Local 4 ao E} Ground- Vi sual 0D Ground-Rodor  Prebobly Atroratt
ou7.05/03: = C1 Air Vi svol oO Air-Intercept Roador 0 Possibly Aireroft |
“5. PHOTOS . “6. SOURCE ‘bey Wos Astronomics! ‘feteor
CO Yes O° Probobly Astronomical
at Civiltan oO Pasnibiy Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OC3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | ?. COURSE “10 Other
O insufficient Deto for Evslostion
3 SEC on is One DB 3 second ing 0 Unknown
19. BRIEF SUMMA?’ OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
Ub jc ect 2+ 3 times bigcer than Venus with oputnik [il reentered this Gate y
a tail like a comsat zoing straight down however tha duration of the Si: Baye ing
at a rate slower than a meteor observed end the greenish color do net conform
for three seconds. Looked like an A/C on to observation of a Satallite Vecay
firs, Greenish white color. Did not manuver and tend to rule out Reentry. It is
and c#uused radio interference. probable that the object observed was
a met 3 or .
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