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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Jan 61 (?) | Northeast India | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1840 GMT 0010Z | 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 Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION unknown | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE N  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIG…

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MR RJEDSQ
DE RJEZHQ 435
R TDTG 051100Z
FH HEDUSAF WASH DC
TO ATIC

AT 11 11/ USAF PASSES FOLG MSG PER REQ OF
AFCIN TO ATIC FOR INFO X
THE FOLLOWING MSG FROM USAIRA INDIA
TO ONE ONE TWO SEVEN USAF FAC IS TRANSMITTED TO AFCIN FOR INFO
PER REQUEST OF AFCIN-1E X QUOTE X CHARLIE
TWO X REF OUR CHARLIE EIGHT TWO AND CHARLIE EIGHT FOUR AND YOUR
CHARLIE ONE SIX TWO THREE X CAPT NEVISON ADDS DETAILS ON SIGHTING
AS FOLLOWS X NATIVE GUIDE AT TWO SEVEN FIVE THREE NOVEMBER EIGHT
SIX TWO SEVEN ECHO SAW BALL OF LIGHT RISING STRAIGHT LINE AND
BURNING OUT X LENGTH OF TIME…

STREAK DIFFUSED AND DISTORTED UNTIL DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY AFTER FIVE
MINUTES CMM NOT THIRTY MINUTES AS ERRONEOUSLY
REPORTED IN PRESS AND OUR CHARLIE EIGHT TWO X NEVISON BELIEVES
SIMILAR TO SMOKE FROM JAN ONE NINE SIX ZERO BALLOON LAUNCHINGS
HE SAW AT WALLOPS ISLAND ~~(redacted)~~ WHO AS SEEN ROCKET
LAUNCHINGS DOES NOT BELIEVE IT WAS ROCKET BUT CAN OFFER NO OTHER
EXPLANATION X STREAK ALSO SEEN BY DOCTOR ~~(redacted)~~ FROM
TWO SEVEN FOUR ZERO NOVEMBER EIGHT SIX TWO EIGHT ECHO X NEVISON
ESTIMATES BEARING TO SIGHTING ZERO SIX ZERO DEGREES AND VERY
ROUGH DISTANCE ESTIMATE ONE ZERO ZERO MILES X COMM…

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190905# JUN.61 ON OWNER APPROX. 063"
VIS. OFF. 5-10 MIN.

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