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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  1 December 1957 | Hamburg, Germany | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1630 GCT GMT 01/1530Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes Physical ☐ No Specimen | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION unknown | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE ☑…

Witness

CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED

DATE OF INFORMATION
3 December 1957

FROM
ASST. NAVAL ATTACHE, HAMBURG

SOURCE
Conventional

SERIAL NO.
981-57

DATE OF REPORT
18 December 1957

EVALLATION
A-2

REQUEST NO.

SUBJECT
GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC - Unknown object falling in vicinity of Hamburg

BRIEF (FOR REPORTS OF MORE THAN ONE PAGE, ENTER CAREFUL SUMMARY)
Encl: (1) Translation of ltr from Professor Dr. of 6 Dec 1957

1. On 1 December 1957 about 1630 (GCT) a burning object was observed to fall in the vicinity of Hamburg. This object has been determined to be definitely non-meteorite. Source inv…

INFORMATION REPORT
(PNAV FORM 3-820-3 (C) (REV. 6-39))

|  CLASSIFICATION | FROM | REPORT NO. | DATE  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  UNCLASSIFIED | ASST. NAVAL ATTACHE, HAMBURG | 981-57 | 18 December 1957  |

3. Source Information. Source is Professor Doctor [redacted], University of Hamburg. Source was very cooperative as well as objective in respect to this incident. His final conclusions are limited to the opinion that this object was not a meteor but was something constructed by man for some purpose which is not known.

Preparing Officer's Comment: Rather extensive digging operations were …