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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 10 April 1956 | 2. LOCATION San Diego, California | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 11/0245Z | 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 Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION two minutes each time | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 8-30 | 9. COURSE NW  |
|  10. BRIEF S…

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 13 April 1956 | 2. LOCATION | McKinney, Texas | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 14/0315Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military (Retired) | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 2 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 2-3 | 9. COURSE  |…

McKinney, Texas
May 14, 1956

Director of Air Force Intelligence
Army Air Force
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Attached hereto is a sketch of an unidentified flying object seen over this city, or apparently over it, on April 4, 1956. Efforts have been made to identify the UFO, hence the deal of sending this report.

The UFO was called to my attention, as I am the local Weather Bureau observer, and I noted it at 3:15 P.M. on the afternoon of the date named above. It was apparently ten degrees northwest of the north from McKinney, and I at first thought it a weather radiosonde balloon. On calling …

The UFO was so high that it glowed in the sunlight long after dark on the earth's surface. There were some cirrus clouds in the upper air about 7:00 P.M., and it was far above them. I had ascertained their height to be 11,000 feet. My rough calculations may have been far off, of course, and I think they possibly were. I am inclined to believe the UFO was at least 100 miles high, as I have talked to observers as far west as 100 miles and north 50, and all them say it appeared overhead to them.

I have contacted the Weather Bureau, the Air Force bases at Carswell Base and Perrin Field and all of…

Unidentified flying object observed over McKinney, Texas, April 4, 1956. Redrawn from original by Capt. .

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Observed by , McKinney, Texas
April 4, 1956, 4:00 P.M.
Observation equipment: 6" reflector telescope, 55x to 00x mag.

The UFO presented the same face, did not revolve or rotate, from 3:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M., when it disappeared in the darkness.