5 6misouthreims France — March 1960

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Keywords: br1ef, summapv, ahcjcft, rohubl, urficl, iuotio, unclog, spcclacnlar, tudur, rhcims, lnkn0, sontc, hnctcr, cappc, passnl, 1111limiled, yisihility, rcrrlainc, i1ttl, iltccl, positimt, jnvcsli, itively, rnock, a11nl
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Col., 'PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCAT!OH 0.\"fE-TlME GROUP T Y f'E OF OllSERVATIO'N 0 Ground Vi uo1 0 Air-VI ~uot LENGTH OF CSSE~VATION t-IUMBER OF OSJ'.:CTS 10. BR1EF SUMMAPV OF SICHTtNG 0 Cround-Rodor 0 Air-lnhtrcept Rndt.lr 11. COMMENTS 1,, CONCLUSIONS "i/o s Botl Ol.)r\ Probohly Bo1l:>on Possibly Bolloon Wo:-AhcJcft r rohubl y Aircraft Po' !;l bl y Ai rc:roh Wo s Astronomi r.:o l S Jb ::) . .:1 Probably Astro,.-.,mic:ot Possibty A,tronomi~ol lrt~urficl~nt Octo for Ev~iuotio" A ~unclog seen lrom ~ plaue can Sl;.ggest a spcclacnlar and bn- tas tic s!Tudur'". like Lhc one rcpm ted o\er Rhcims, Frun<.'(', a t 2:30 plane de,cril,\.:cl !he \lnkn0\\.11 as Jik~ a gi antic ~pool of thr"a(l sontc h~clve feet tall. The nc-ck of the spool. about six r ccl in c..li,Hnctcr, S<'c>mcd to h .. " cappC'tl at top and ho~tom by disks eight or te n fC'et i11 diameter. The uppe r di sk was n:ddish, the-]ower, l>ln(,gn~ n. The phmc was flyi11g at (;,)00 feet ancl h"ld ju~t passNl from a storm arc-a into a rc- ion 'J[ c::-hn \Vilh 1111limiled Yisihility. Tlw U FU rcrrlainc-d in view for a~)i1ttl ~i'\ly sccom.h , t hen suddenly vani"iltccl. Frwn a n <1t1:-l) si"i of r~c cl.1l'a, Lhe positimt of the unknown rc..:lativc to the ~;un nnd the ob. ,.nt rc.;, nnc1 11lC \\'l~ather situation , Air Forcl' jnvcsli~ators pu;itively identi.Secl the nhjt->ct as a rnock snn [ 1]. Locati on ,-r, , De~crintion Satellite: of ~1otion Phenomena Comet, Planet, etc) .1\.nalysis Aircraft, Balloons, A11nl y n i !1 Conclu:Ji onfl: