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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  DATE | LOCATION | COMPLETION  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  24 Sep 52 | CHARLESTON W VA | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 24/1530 EST SMT 24/2030 Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Rode ☑ Air-Insure ☐ Air-Intercept Roder | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE B-29 Aircrew | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Many | 9. COURSE ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evalu…

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USA-MATS IR-666-52

Unusual Phenomena Observed by Aircrew
Eastern USA
Intelligence Division, Hq MATS,
Andrews AF Base, Washington 25, D. C.
16 October 1952
24 September 1952
P-0
D. F. Hammerlund, Major, USAF
USAF Pilot
Unk

1. A pilot report of an unusual nature involving phenomena observed by
crew members of a B-29 while on a flight 24 September 1952 south of Charleston,
W. Va., was received by Detachment 7, 4th Weather Group, Griffiss Air Force
Base, Rome, New York. The number and home station of the aircraft and the names
and organization of the crew members were not included in the repo…

Intelligence Division, Hq
MATS, Andrews AF Base,
Washington 25, D. C.
IR-666-52
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3. The detachment commander and detachment forecaster interviewed the pilot and engineer of the aircraft and also a crew member from the tail section of the aircraft in an effort to correlate the crew's report with known weather phenomena. However, no satisfactory explanations or conclusions were reached. The pilot stated emphatically that the particles were not ice crystals nor were they in any way similar to chaff dropped to disrupt radar observations.

4. The Directorate of Scientific Services, Air Weather …