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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  7 April 1957 | 32 00N 82 45W 27th Air Refueling So. GA | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☑ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 07/2200Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 25 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE Eastw…

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T WPB040 YDA047 VYA024 VDC021BND042

RR RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJESBN 23A
R 101800Z
FM COMDR 427TH ARS ROBINS AFB GA
TO RJEDEN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS
COLORADO
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/HQS USAF WASH DC
BT
UNCLAS 427 INT 4-20 PD FOR DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE SUBJ:
UFOB 1PD A PD SHAPE OF OBJECT NOT TO CLEAR CMM DUE TO BLURRED
EDGES IT APPEARED HOWEVER THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN TRIANGLER OR SQUARE
PD BRILLIANCE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE EXACT SHAPE PD B PD
SIZE OF OBJECT APPEARED ABOUT ONE TENTH OF A …

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G PD NOW TAIL CMM TRAIL OR EXHAUST WAS SEEN PD H PD NO SOUND WAS HEARD PD I PD OBJECT AT FIRST APPEARED TO BE STATIONARY AND THEN IT APPEARED TO BE ASCENDING PAREN 2205Z PAREN AND LOSING SLIGHT BRILLIANCE PD THERE WAS NO RADICAL CHANGE BUT IRREGULAR PATH SLOWLY DRIFTING EASTWARD PD AT 2212Z OBJECT WAS LESS BRILLIANT THAN MOON AND SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN WHEN FIRST SIGHTED PD 2213Z FIRST CELESTIAL BODY WAS SIGHTED IN THE EAST PD THE CELESTIAL BODY WAS NOT A STAR BUT BELIEVED TO BE PLANET JUPITER PD 2214Z OBJECT APPEARED TO BE ORANGE AND HALF BRILLIANT AS MOON CMM CHANGING COL…

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OBSERVATION WAS GROUND VISUAL PD B PD NO OPTICAL AIDS PD 4 PD
A PD SIGHTED 072200Z UNTIL 072225Z PD B PD DUSK PD 5 PD
32 DEGREES 00 MINUTES NORTH AND 82 DEGREES 45 MINUTES WEST PD 6
PD 1ST LT DEAN L BEACH CMM AO2226761 CMM 427TH AIR REFUELING SQUADRON
CMM DUTY CLN PRESENTLY HOLDS A NAVIGATORS AND PILOTS RATINGS PD 1ST
LT JOHN R CASSARINI CMM AO3005494 CMM DUTY CLN PRESENTLY HOLDS
A NAVIGATOR AND PILOTS RATINGS PD BOTH CONSIDERED RELIABLE SOURCES
OF INFO PD 7 PD A PD VERY CLEAR SKYS BUT SLIGHT HAZE 20 MINUTES
AFTER SIGHTING PD B PD W/V AT 6000-250/25 CMM 10000-270/30 CMM
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