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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 3 December 1957 | 2. LOCATION Cape May, New Jersey | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 7:15 PM GMT 04/0015Z | 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 Naval Air Station Personnel | ☑ Was Astronomical Venus ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 40 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURS…

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04 DEC 57
AC OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
FM COMCEECR STEWART AFB NY
TO COMDR ATIC WFAFB OHIO
DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASHDC
COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO
CINCNORAD
BT
/ / FR CFEIN 289.
REF MSG FR AFCIN 53209, FOLG INFO RECD FR COMEAST SEAFRON.
"FOLG RECD FR NAVAL FACILITY CAPE MAU NJ "AT APPROX 0013Z UNIDENTIFIED
OBJECT SIGHTED IN SKY. BEARING 180-220. WATCHED FOR 40 MINUTES.
BINOCULARS. SHOWED FOLG CHARACTERISTICS: BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHT FALLING
OR DISSAPEARING OVER HORIZON. OBJECT DISSAPEARED OVER HORIZON AT
APPROX 0040Z EXPLOSION NOTED AT 0041 BEARING 156. OBJECT BELIEVED
TO BE TOO LARGE …