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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  2. LOCATION | Southern Pines, N.C.  |
| --- | --- |
|  3. DATE | 2015  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground Visual ☐ Ground Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  6. SOURCE | 3 civilians  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 15 minutes  |
|  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  9. COURSE |   |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Green color. Elliptical light shape. Orbited, very fast, tail, hovered.  |
|  11. COMMENTS | Had tail, green and orbited counter clockwise - seen for 15 minutes. AF Form 112 coming.  |

12. CONCLUSIONS
☐ Was Balloo…

PROJECT 10073 WORKSHEET
I. GENERAL

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. TIME  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  29 Sept 52 | San Francisco, Pines, N.C. | Local: 2015 Zebra: 0115  |
|  4. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND? | ☑ Yes ☐ Naked Eye ☑ Binoculars ☐ Telescope ☐ Theodolite | ☐ No  |
|  5. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED BY GROUND RADAR? | ☐ Yes ☐ By One Set ☐ By Two Sets ☐ By Three Sets | ☑ No  |
|  6. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE AIR? | ☐ Yes ☐ A/C Observed Object ☐ Interception Attempted ☐ No Intercept Attempted | ☑ No  |
|  7. WERE AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT? | ☐ Yes ☐ A/C Scrambled ☐ Visual Contact Made…

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IV. BALLOON DATA

21. WERE BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA? ☐ Yes ☑ No
22. TIME SINCE SCHEDULED BALLOON RELEASE: 5hrs. +15 Minutes

23. POSSIBLE BALLOON LAUNCH SITES DOWNWIND OF SIGHTING:

|  Location | Type | Launching Agency | Lighted? |   | Describe Lighting  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |  |  | Yes | No |   |
|  a. Fort Bragg (Papa AFB) | Pitcub | AWS | ☑ |  | white  |
|  b. |  |  |  |  |   |
|  c. |  |  |  |  |   |
|  d. |  |  |  |  |   |

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V. EVALUATION

21. EVALUATION OF SOURCE:
☐ Excellent
☐ Good
☑ Fair
☐ Poor
☐ Unreliable
☐ Extremely Doubtful
☐ Hoax

22.…

( PROJECT 10073 WEATHER DATA SH

|  1. DATE OF OBSERVATION | 2. TIME OF OBSERVATION | 3. STATION OBSERVING  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  4. WILDS ALOFT: |  |   |
|  ALTITUDE (feet) | VELOCITY (knots) | DRECTION (degrees)  |
|  0 |  | 25,000  |
|  1,000 |  | 30,000  |
|  2,000 |  | 35,000  |
|  3,000 |  | 40,000  |
|  4,000 |  | 45,000  |
|  5,000 |  | 50,000  |
|  6,000 |  | 55,000  |
|  7,000 |  | 60,000  |
|  8,000 |  | 65,000  |
|  9,000 |  | 70,000  |
|  10,000 |  | 75,000  |
|  12,000 |  | 80,000  |
|  14,000 |  | 85,000  |
|  16,000 |  | 90,000  |
|  18,000 |  | 95,000  |
|  20,000 |  | 100,…

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OBJECT THROUGH GLASSES APPEARED LARCER THAN FIFTY METRO METRO CIRCLE PD VECTOR OF SIGHTING WAS FROM THIRTY DEGREES TO FIFTY FOUR DEGREES OFF HORIZONTAL AT APPROXIMATELY TWENTY DEGREES TO THIRTY DEGREES FROM RIGHT TO LEFT ON THE FAR ARC FROM TRUE NORTH CMA FROM TEN DEGREES VARYING TO TWENTY SEVEN TO THIRTY DEGREES LEFT TO RIGHT ON THE NEAR ARC FROM TRUE NORTH PD INDIVIDUALS MAKING OBSERVATION CL

CMA RESERVE FIRST LIEUTENANT CMA ORDNANCE CMA LIBRARIAN CMA THIS HQ SMCLN MR AND MRS TRAVIS WICKER PD TIME OF OBSERVATION TWO ZERO ONE FIVE TO TWO ZERO THREE ZERO CMA TWO NINE SEP FI…

2 Oct 52
1 Oct 1952
1. Atta
2. Attaad
3. 3 files

ACTION

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WPB132LYDC147E
VYE023
VDC198
JESDF 390
PP JEPLG JEDEN JEDWP JEPHQ 444
DE JESDF 52
P 011445Z ZNJ

AM USAF AGOS HIGHLAND PINES INN SOUTHERN PINES NC
TO JEPLG/CG TAC LANGLEY AFB VA
JEDEN/CG ADC ENT AFBCOLO

JEDWP/CHIEF AIR TECH INTEL WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
INFO JEPHC/DI DCS/O HQ USAF WASH DC

SAF AGOS 0476 REUR LTUSAF LTR AFCIN-C/CG-2
DTD 19 DEC 51 PD A CIVIL SERVICE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OBSERVED A
GREEN SWIFTLY MOVING LIGHT ELIPTICAL WITH A LONGISH TAIL PD
THIS OBJECT "ORBITED COUNTER CLOCKWISE" IN A CIRCULAR COURSE PD
SPEED VARIABL…

MOON NEARLY FULL RISING CMA SHADOW NORTH CMA TEMP SEVEN ZERO DEGREES PD FIRST APPEARANCE WAS SUDDEN LIKE METEORITE CMA DISAPPEARANCE THE SAME PD INTEL COMMENT COLN OBSERVER RELIABLE CMA HIS DISTANCE FROM OBJECT UNKNOWN PD THE EFFECT LEFT IMPRESSION OF LIGHT RATHER THAN MASS CMA COLOR IS DESCRIBED AS SOFT GREEN LIGHT RATHER THAN BRILLIANT PD TIME OF PASSING FIELD OF VISION WHILE ON NEAR SIDE OF ITS ORBIT LEFT TO RIGHT WAS FREQUENT AS THE TIME REQUIRED TO SAY ONE THOUSAND ONE PD LOCATION OF OBSERVER

2515
2400
01152

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~~CMA FOXTROT ZERO NINE TPO NINE CMA~~
~~CMA SOUTHERN PINE…

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Washington, D. C. - 0500 EDT 8 August 52
(As telephoned to OIN-2A2 on 8 August 1952)

1. "Bigger than four-engine airplane", dark color object, no noise, "rocket-like", wings perhaps, at "terrific speed" no trails, no exhaust. Plowed through vapor clouds, in and out, and headed in Westerly (slightly southern) direction.

2. 0500 EDT 8 August 52. Observed for 1 or 2 seconds.

3. Visual with naked eye from ground.

4. Observer at home (had been asleep when neighbor's alarm clock awakened him). Saw object from reclining position at 60° elevation. Object at 45° elevation when it disappeare…