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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 14 Dec 60 | 3. LOCATION | Marietta & Duncannon, Pennsylvania  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 0559 GMT 14/1099Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Rador ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 5-10 sec | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | W-E | 10. OTHER | ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  11. COMMENTS | It was not considered unusual for the witness to indicate that the object had landed. Brightness of thes
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RECEIVED
15 Dec 97 5:30
ATIC

TELEPHONES
NO. 212222
NO. 212222
TIME 3:12 PM
PUB 100000
Vry 100000

NNNN

1997 DEC 14 21 24

CZCS08873ZCJYD821

PP RJEDSQ
DE RJEZKQ 67B
P 142000Z ZEX
FM 2855 AB WG OLMSTED AFB PA
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJEZSN/26 AIRDIV HANCOCK FLD NY
RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO
RJEZHQ/COFS USAF AFCIN WASHDC
RJEZHQ/OSAF SAFIS WASHDC
BT
UNCLAS FROM MABF-12-1-E
UFO
A 1. ROUND
2. SIZE OF MUSH BALL
3. BLUE AND RED AS WITNESSED BY MR BLUE AND WHITE AS WITNESSED BY
4. ONE
5. NONE
6. NONE
7. MR REPORTED THE OBJECT TO LEAVE A TRAIL AT

PAGE TWO RJEZKQ 67B
LEAST TEN MILES LONG
8. NONE
9. MR
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PAGE TWO RJEZKG 67B
LEAST TEN MILES LONG
8. NONE
9. MR [REDACTED] STATED OBJECT DROPPED BACK OF BUILDINGS AT MARIETTA AFS PA ON CHECKING HE COULD FIND NOTHING

B 1. SAW FLASH IN THE SKY
2. NOT KNOWN
3. NOT KNOWN
4. MOVED ACROSS THE SKY FROM WEST TO EAST
5. FADED OUT IN THE EAST
6. FIVE TO TEN SECONDS

C 1. GROUND VISUAL
2. NONE
3. NONE

D 1. 14 DEC 63 1359Z
2. MARK

E [REDACTED] - 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUNCANNON PA MR [REDACTED] MARIETTA AFS PA

F 1. MR [REDACTED]
CIVILIAN GUARD AT MARIETTA AFS PA

MR [REDACTED] [REDACTED] NEW BLOOMFIELD PA

PAGE THREE RJEZKG 67B
FOREMAN MACHINE SHOP OLMSTED AF
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2. 290 DEGREES/29K 310 DEGREES/36K 310 DEGREES/33K 300 DEGREES/99K
300 DEGREES/170K 300 DEGREES/60K 290 DEGREES/20K.
3. CLEAR
4. 20 MILES PLUS
5. NONE
6. NONE
7. TEMPERATURE 12 DEWPOINT 4

H NONE
I NONE
J NOT KNOWN

K MAJ EDWARD BORRESEN PILOT OF AN OLMSTED AFB AIRCRAFT WAS JUST
WEST OF PATTERSON AFB OHIO LOOKING EAST WHEN HE SAW A METEOR AT
0407. HE HAD NO DOUBTS THAT THE OBJECT HE SAW WAS A
METEOR. MR. BELIEF THAT OBJECT FELL BEHIND BUILDINGS AT
MARIETTA COULD BE EXPLAINED AS AN ILLUSION. IT IS OUR
OPINION THAT THE OBJECT WAS A METEOR.
L NONE
BT
14/2020Z DEC RJEZKO

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REMARKS

Attached letter from C F Slaich, Jr. is forwarded for analysis and/or evaluation.

|  FROM NAME OR TITLE | DATE  |
| --- | --- |
|  KF Col L J Tucker | 27 Dec  |
|  ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION | TE
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THE 12 ATC
THE COMPANY
NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
for analysis and for evaluation
December 21, 1960

Headquarters USAF
Pantagon
Washington 25, D. C.

Attention: SAFOI

Dear Sirs:

Captain Moore of the USAF New Haven Office has indicated that the writer should contact you regarding the visual sighting of a possible satellite burn-out. The circumstances were as follows:

At 5:30 to 5:45 a. m. on December the 14th, the writer was proceeding west on the Connecticut Turnpike, between Bridgeport and Stamford, Connecticut. At that time, he noticed a very rapidly moving red object crossing the sky dead 

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