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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 1. DATE 2 LOCATION 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
18 Aug 60 18 Aug 60 Fairfield, California Fairfield, California o Was Balloon
0 Prabably Probably Balloon Balloon
TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 o Possibly Balloon Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local Local- R Ground-Visual R Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aiscraft Was Aicraft
Probably Aireraft
GMT 19/04102 19/04102 AinVisual AinVisual Air-Intereept Radar Air-Intereept Radar 0 Possibly Aircralt Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical Was Astronomical
Y.s Y.s DUO GO Probably Astronomical I Meteor Meteor
a No Civilian and Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5DyaTlom OBJECTS . COURSE URse Other. Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
8 sec one SSW Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Football shaped object with blunted ends, size Object was proba meteor.
of a pea, pale reddish-pink pastel color.
Flight path was straight with a very high
speed. Object faded from view rapidly due to
ground light.
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A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT -
(1) ELLIPTICAL SHAPH OR FOOTBALL THAPE WITH BLLINTED ENDS (1) ELLIPTICAL SMAPH OR R FOOTBALL THAPE UITH SLLNTED ENDS (
(B) SIEH COMPARASL (2) SIZH COMF THAT OF A PEA HELD AT PEA HELD AT ARM ARM7
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(O) PALE REDDISH-PIK PASTEL COLOR
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(S) NO DIECERMAALE FEATURES (3) NO DIECERMAALE S FEATUREs OTHER 1 OTHER THAN COLOR AMD SHAPE THAN COLOR AMD CHAPE
(7) NO TAIL, TRAIL OR EHAUST (T) NO TAIL, TRAIL OR E"HAUST
(O) NO SOUND COMMECTED WITH CDJEOT (O) No SOUNd COMECTED WITH CDJEOT
(9) C3JECT CHOWED NO REVOLVING AND MAINTAINED ITS
LONSITU AL AIS ALLICHED WITH PLIGNT PATH.
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.INTS VIEW WAS REPORTAD AT 2N DEG WITH GROUND. ELEVATICH OF
ONJEOT EETIATED AT 15, SL FENT.
(G) OEJEOT APPEARED TO FADE RAPIDLY DUS TO GROUND LIGNT
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(4) FLIGHT PATH STRAIGHT FOR PIS DEG MAGNETIC TO 19X DEG (
MAONETIC AT VERY HIGH SPEED, MLCH FASTER THAN EOHO 1.
(E) OBJECT PADED FROM LIEW (E) O FADED FROM TIEW U RAPIDLY RAPIDLY Y UNDER UNDER CONDITIONS NOTED CONDITIONS NOTED -
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B. TIM AND B. TIM AND E DATE OF BIGNTING DATE OF SIGHTING
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