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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 5 November 1957 | 2. LOCATION | Travis County Prison, Georgia  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 05/22/42 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Binoculars ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 45 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | NB to SW | 10. OTHER | ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Aluminum rocket shaped obj with nose shaped like basketball. Four ft ex…

(E) SURFACE-(CALS.) 5,000 - 330/10, 10000 - 290/25,
15000 - 200/40, 20000 - 290/50, 30000 - 290/80,
50000 - 200/55.

(C) 15,000 SCATTERED — NOTE: Clouds

If the object was "extremely fast," it is doubtful the observer would see it for 45 seconds.

Probably misinterpretation of time duration and/or speed of object.

EAGE THREE RJESKB 1B
(D) 12 MILES
(E) 3/10
(F) NONE
G) NONE
H) NONE

10) JET ACFT IN INMED VICINITY OF SIGHTING.
11) SENIOR DIRECTOR AT DIRECTION CENTER. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF SIGHTING COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE GOC OBSERVER STATED THAT AS HE WAS SCANNING THE SKY WITH BINOCULARS FROM …

AS SEEN WITH BINOCULARS
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( B ) NOSE SHAPED LIKE BASKETBALL
( C ) ALUMINUM
( D ) ONE
( E ) N/A
( F ) NONE
( G ) 4 FT EXHAUST OF RED SMOKE FROM TAIL
( H ) HISSING
( I ) N/A

AGE TWO RJESKB 1B

( A ) GOC POST
( B ) EST 45 DEG ELEVATION ANGLE 245 AZIMUTH NE
( C ) EST 60 DEG ELEVATION ANGLE 225 AZIMUTH SW
( D ) LEVEL FLIGHT PATH
( E ) FADED OUT OF SIGHT
( F ) 45 SECONDS
( A ) GROUND VISUAL
( B ) BINOCULARS
( C ) N/A
( A ) 25/2244Z 2244-5=1744
( B ) DUSK - Note: DUSK
( A ) 3252M 3111W
( B ) PRISON 6A
( B ) N/A

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