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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 22 October 1957 | 2. LOCATION West of Portugal | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 22/1932Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical Meteor ☑ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not given | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE S to N  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMAR…

22/1938Z
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V WPA246 YMB021LSB050 EBX004-
OO RJEDEN RJEPNY RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJEDLS 9H
O 230400Z
FM FSC OMSTED AFB PA
TO RJEDEN/ADC ENT AFB COLORADO
RJEPNY/COMDR ADC AD (DEF) ROSLYN NY
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELWRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH DC
BT
FOLLOWING INFO RECEIVED BY MDTFS FROM NEW YORK OAC 222019E
A VENEZUELAIN ACFT CALL SIGN YVCAME INROUTE CSLA ZQUK, REPEATED
SIGHTING A STRANGE OBJECT BELIEVED TO BE SPUTNIK AT 221938Z POSITION
3800N 1500W APPROX 40 DEGREES ABOVE WESTERN HORIZON PASSING SOUTH TO
NORTH HIGH AND FAST. NO FURTHER INFO AVAILABLE THI…

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