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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  27 February, 1960 | Las Vegas, Nevada | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local GMT 2/0530Z | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Rader ☐ Air-Intercept Rader | ☐ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2-1…

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PP RJEDSQ
DE RJWZNJ 13
P 011949Z ZEX
FM 4520 CORTNGWG
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB
RJWZNF/27TH ADIV (DEF)
RJEDSQ/ATIC
RJEZHQ/COFS USAF
RJEZHQ/OSAF WASHDC
BT
UNCLAS 01-03 0009. ACTION ADC, 27TH AIRDIV, ATIC, COFS USAF (AFCIN) AND OSAF, (SAFIS). UFO PD ALFJ (1) CIRCULAR, (2) SILVER DOLLAR AT ARMS LENGTH, (3) HOT INANDESCENCE, WHITE TO LIGHT BLUISH GREEN (COMPARED TO ACETYLENE TORCH FLAME) (4) ONE (5) N/A, (6) VERY BRIGHT LIGHT, (7) TRAIL OF SPARKS ABOUT 10 TIMES LENGTH OF MAIN LIGHT SOURCE, (8) NONE, (9) COMMENT BY CIVILIAN A/P CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR: (THE OBSERVATION) WAS LIKE A METE…

DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AT ABOUT 045 DEGREES TRUE, (4) ARC ACROSS
NORTHERN SKY FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST, (5) FADED OUT OR BEHIND
MOUNTAINS, (6) TWO TO FIFTEEN SECONDS. CHARLIE (1) GROUNDVISUAL,
(2) NONE, (3) N/A. DELTA (1) TWO EIGHT ZERO FIVE THREE ZERO ZEBRA
FEBRUARY 1960, (2) NIGHT. ECHO (1) 36 DEGREES 10 MINUTES NORTH -
115 DEGREE 10 MINUTES WEST, (2) IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF LAS VEGAS,
NEVADA AND CONTROL TOWER AT MCCARRAN FIELD, LAS VEGAS.
FOXTOT (1) , 28 CIVILIAN CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR,
, ST. NORTH LAS VEGAS NEVADA, ALFA TWO, (2) MR.
, 37, POLICE PATROLEMAN, 400 N FOREST ST. LAS VEGAS
POLIC…

UNLIMITED, (4) 15 MILES PLUS, (5) HIGH THIM OVERCAST, (6) NONE
(7) 47 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT (23 DEGREESCENTIGRADE). HOTEL NONE.,

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INDIA NO ACTION TAKEN. KILO ALL DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN BY THE FOUR OBSERVERS INTERVIEWED WERE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME EXCEPT FOR LENGTH OF OBSERVATION. THE BEST DESCRIPTION WAS MADE BY A CIVILIAN CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR WHO SAID IT ACTED MUCH LIKE A METEOR, EXCEPT IT WAS THE BRIGHTEST ONE HE HAD EVER SEEN. HE ESTIMATED HAVING SEEN APPROXIMATELY TEN TO FIFTEEN METEORS OR "FALLING STARS" IN THE LAS SIX MONTHS. HOWEVER HE WOULD NOT SAY IT DEFINATELY WAS ASTRO…