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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 12 LOCATION
12. CONCLUSIONS
12 Oct 61 0 Wos Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Ferndale, Michigan 0 Probably
1802 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon Balloon
Local_ Ground-Visuol
GMT 122202Z Ground-Rodor 0 Was Aircraft
Air-Visuol 0 ¤ Probably Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircralt
Yes 0 Was Astranomical
No Civilian 00 Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. PossiblyAstronomical
NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE B Othe, Condensation trai
28 min 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 Varied varied Unknown nown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Objt of sighting Objt of sighting is probably a non-persistent is probably a non-persistent 11. COMMENTS
lappeared to make turns and moved as a unit. turns and moved as a unit. condensation trail. Witness reports that objt
illusion, in the instance of Thd motion of this condensation trail is an
and the trail is non-persistent trafs the a/c is
disappating at the other, disappating at the other, th is generating at the one end generating at the one end
lirection in which the a/c is moving. The red direction in which the a/c is moving. The red gives the illusion of motion in the gives the illusion of motion in the
being illuminated by rays of setting sun. Dimendions arrived being illuminated by rays of setting sun. Dimendions ar by witness is due to trails by vitness is due to trails
but of bounds for a condensation trail. Length dt but of bounds for a condensation trail. Length o time tha rived at by witness are not al all I at by witness are not al all
upon factors such as moisture content and temperpture of air. Length of trail depends nat these contrails exist depends at these contrails exist depends
kaxiknx above factors as well as speed of a/c. There is no evidence availabbe which kaxiknx above factors as well as speed of a/c. There is no evidence availabde which upon
vould indicate that objt of sighting was not a ron-persistent condensation trail. vould indicate that objt of sighting was not a ron-persistant condensation trail.
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couli not sogm so a roach any closer to the objoct. At thrt ti o was farbher
to the northwest arother similar object. Both were increlibly bri ht, w ich was
notable, for anything like a plane inthe sky would be less bricht than the setting
ole caarber of tle longth. In sis It romained about the length ef firgers held
a ruurer inch seart at ams's length. By this tite the dHim had passel from south
of tle 'ine Wile Road to a position about fiiteen degrees to the north. It had turned quite rod in tho haze of the
hoze like a long streak of red. sun , but still shone through the
north, andthe larger and closer or object had lisuopeared somehow to the
able to get a picture of it. now disaopeare. in the distance being
I called the Petroit News and was told that there
past halt hour. The seeaker gave the exolanation that aupeured inthe
I rointed
rindows of the News.
I talked with my sister -in -lar and found
ner the Penobscot Building in lown town D Chat she had watchid the thing from
she looked west on F rt Street it appeared troit, so e 12 riles to the south. \s. 20
sue distence as it hnd bsen to my left ns about 15 de
trironowetry with the e angles and I firet sirhted it. An apelicatiombf 1
a line of converge 2 miles betveen sichoing wo Id place
a measurement with ce at sonewhere betreen thirty and sixty miles. A ratio'Gf T
e' fingers of the aoparent size o. the object ns held ant-
between eyes and finger tips. neasured at arm's length would give a ratio of one fourth inch to to fe6t
This ratio projected to the distance would make
between .3 and .5 miles in longth, with a Q
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luiniscent objects in the sum r of l6" , concerning
by an of ieer fror Selfridre Field, I have been interested in tle matter of un-
explained flying objects. That is wh v I tried to observe these as closely as I
could. I ho e that Time can s ed some Gore ii ht on the nitter. I believe that
it was in l953 that Life ran ost brovocioive sbudv on so -celled UrO's seen
oh elly in the west. At that
y a tonmue-in-cheek skepticiea as if any ariter vere umilling to
to a person who fell for a honx. I am quite willing to affirm this in any way
you might reouest. It is no hoax, but pernaps so athing cuite significant.
Pincerely,
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