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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 3 December 1957 | 2. LOCATION Georgetown, South Carolina | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 03/1157Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 seconds | 8. …

03/11572
See Chart 410 3 Dec notified Capt. Smith 5
09582
09584

Witness
Ross Rockett
(Other) 4 Dec 57

SOC274 YDA264 VYA064 VMC016GNA021
PP RJEDDN RJEDSO RJEPHO RJEPJM RJEPLG RJESDD
DE RJESGN 12
P 040150Z
FM COMDR 354TH FITDAYWG MYRTLE BEACH AFB SC
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
RJEPJM/COMDR 85TH ADIV ADC
RJEDDN/COMDR ATIC
RJEPHO/HQ USAF
INFO RJESDD/HQ NINTH AF
RJEPLG/HQ TAC
ET

LF-4E4
2-4A2
3-4F1
44X2A
5-4X
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UNCLAS FROM UDCI 12-60 ATTN: DIR OF INTELLIGENCE PD SUB CLN UFOB PD
FOLG MSG IAW FORMAT PARA 7 D CMM AFR 200-2 PD PAREN 1 PAREN PAREN A
PAREN BULLET SHAPER SEMI CLN PAREN B PAREN OBJECT APPEARED APPROX
DIAMETER OF PENCIL LEAD AND ABOUT THREE EIGHTS INCH LONG SEMI CLN
PAREN C PAREN FIRRY YELLOW SEMI CLN PAREN D PAREN ONE SEMI CLN PAREN
E PAREN N/A SEMI CLN PAREN F PAREN NEGATIVE SEMI CLN PAREN G PAREN
SLIGHT BREAK IMMEDIATELY BEHIND OBJECT SEMI CLN TAIL APPEARED TEN
TO TWELVE TIMES LONGER THAN OBJECT SEMI CLN MULTI-COLORED CMM CON-
TAINING ORANGE CMM GREEN CMM PURPLE AND REDDISH PINK SEMI CLN P…

FOUR KNOTS SEMI CLN 6,000 CMM 250 DEGREES CMM 20 KNOTS SEMI CLN 10,000
CMM 250 DEGREES CMM 20 KNOTS SEMI CLN 16,000 250 DEGREES CMM 35 KNOTS
SEMI CLN 20,000 CMM 270 DEGREES CMM 35 KNOTS SEMI CLN 30,000 CMM 280
DEGREES CMM 85 KNOTS SEMI CLN 50,000 CMM 280 DEGREES CMM 40 KNOTS
SEMI CLN PAREN C PAREN UNLIMITED PAREN D PAREN UNLIMITED SEMI CLN

It is possible the observers orientation was
turned around and was looking S instead of
N. There were Naval Operations in progress
in warning area (W-177) which extends N and S of
observers in the area.

The object was possibly a rocket fired
during these o…