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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  2 Feb 51 | Marietta, Ga | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 03/0300Z | 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 Town operator and other airmen | ☑ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 hr | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE Stationary  |
|  10. B…

CONFIDENTIAL
UNCLASSIFIED
HEADQUARTERS
DOBBINS AIR FORCE BASE
MARIETTA, GEORGIA
2589TH AF RESERVE TRAINING CENTER
512.2
27
AG 5 February 1951

SUBJECT: Sighting of Unidentified Flying Object or Light

TO: Commanding General
Fourteenth Air Force
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia

1. The following information is submitted regarding the sighting of an unidentified object or light by a number of persons at Dobbins Air Force Base between 2200 and 2300 hours, 2 February 1951.

a. Number of objects sighted: one.

b. Location, altitude and time of sighting: Observers estimated object or light to be locat…

UNCLASSIFIED

Subject: Sighting of Unidentified Flying Object or Light

g. Efforts to make radar pick-up of object: APQ-13 radar operator, saw the object with eyes then attempted to make radar pick up. He failed to make a successful radar pick up. However, he stated that the object was at a very low angle in addition to there being a quantity of ground interference in the local area.

h. Other pertinent data: A Navy pilot, VS-22 NAS, Norfolk, Va., was en route the same evening from Norfolk NAS to Atlanta when he picked up a radio call near Greenville, S. C., from an unidentified Air Force airc…