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US NAVAL ATTACHE
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  25 Jun 60 | Hopetown, South Africa | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1122 GMT 25/0922Z | 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 Military | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not given | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COUR…

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CSAF WASH DC FOR AFCIN-1B1
INFO PROJECT SPACE TRACK LG HANSCOM FLD BEDFORD MASS
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CITE C-128 QUOTEREFERENCE

ALFA DASH TWO FIVE ONE ONE X UNTIED STATES ASST NAVAL ATTACHE
REPORTS THIS DATE THE FOLLOWING SIGHTING WHICH OCCURRED AT ONE ONE TWO
TWO LOCAL TWO FIVE JUNE SIX ZERO OVER HOPETOWN CMM UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
CMM TWO NINE THREE SEVEN SOUTH TWO FOUR ZERO SEVEN EAST CLN SIGHTING
RESEMBLED SHOOTING STAR ECEPT BAND WIDTH OF LIGHT WAS ONE ZERO TO ONE
FIVE TI…

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MAGNESIUM CMM APPEARED TO MOVE THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE SLOWER THAT A SHOOTING STAR CMM OBJECT APPEARED APPROXIMATELY THREE ZERO DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON CMM DISAPPEARED APPROXIMATELY ONE FIVE DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON CMM SMOKE TRAIL FOLLOWED OBJECT X SOURCE WAS FLYING AT EIGHT ZERO CENTRAL ZERO FT ON A HEADING OF TWO SIX ZERO DEGREES X SOURCE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IMPACT AREA WHETHER ON LAND OR IN THE OCEAN CMM TRAJECTORY OF OBJECT OR DISTANCE FROM SOURCE X UNION DEFENCE FORCE ADVISES THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF OBJECT IMPACTING IN SOUTH AFRICA X NO FURTHER INFORMATI…