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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Fy
I oar. 2. LOCATION “132. CONCLUSIONS
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Teoaeslion © oo Els : Was Raituon |
— Possibly Balloon |
| 3. DATE-TINE GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Wes Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
PyGround- Visual O Ground-Radar
0 Air-Intercept Rodor
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Was Astronomical |
Probably Astronomical
Pe asibly Astronomicel
Other_ i
Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
oO Unknown
| 7. LENGTH ¢ OF OBSERVATION [8 WT TTY TE TAT 9. COURSE
| 334 min one rising
O00 Coo ooo 00g
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Jo. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ~~ |11. COMMENTS
| Round object like <P landing 11gnt moving Observation descriptive of Balloon
in an arc of about 3 ft for 8-10 mowements. launch with haze, inversion and
| Disappeared suddenly. WX overcase with surface reflection of the beacon light on
| inversions at 1200 ft, 8500 ft, and 21000 ft. the balloon adding to the misinterpre-
Haze laysr at 1200 ft. Object moving side to ‘tation of the object. Case evaluated
side with sudden accelaration upward. Disappeafedas a WX balloon.
inlabout 10 seconds after started rising.
| Observation of object estimated to be about | .
250 yds S of Misawa AB. Green tint after objeck | |
| started to rise. Green and white beacon alter-|
nating over area every few seconds.
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