80kmswofwinstonsalemnorthcarolina — May 1956

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Keywords: xxair, thunderbird, contrasted, 1400z, eraser, venus, airerah, stationary, airlntereept, clean, pencil, brighte, cylindrical, surveillance, silvery, astronomical, briep, white, believed, oatetime, bolloon, radar, astro, military, edges
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 80 KM sw of 0 Was Bolloon J , OATETIME GROUP .4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon 0 Was Airerah 0 Probably Aircraft GMT l4/1400Z . XXAir-Visual 0 Airlntereept Radar Possibly Aircraft 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar s. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE o Was Astronomical Venus 0 y.. 0 Probably Astronomical ~ military 1. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER Of' OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0, Other- --- 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 3 5 minutes one stationary 10. BRIEP SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One round cylindrical object size of pencil eraser, color silvery white -clean and white edges contrasted with blue sky -in flight surveillance. Object stationary. Object was seen by all five members of the thunderbird aero team -believed to be a n astronomical body, was brighte r than a nita s~ar. ATlC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 5:1) Astro (Venus) s e e case file.