ATLANTIC, March 1952March 1952

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Summary

On March 4, 1952, at 3:51 a.m. in England, a B-29 gunner reported seeing an extremely bright flash in the sky behind his aircraft, which was flying at 17,500 feet. The sighting occurred near Lakeheath Air Force Base. No additional details about the object's characteristics, duration of observation, or maneuvers are provided in the available documents. The Air Force evaluation is not stated in these pages.

Reported location

ATLANTIC, March 1952

Date of incident

March 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 1 MAR 52
4. TIME Local: 4 [illegible] 0351
8. COURSE: [illegible]
12. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: A/C - VISUAL
15. CONCLUSIONS: [illegible]
2. LOCATION: [illegible] 4E20W 41 21 20NC [illegible]
5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 6. SHAPE: [illegible]
9. ALTITUDE: 17300 FEET
13. LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: [illegible]
3. SOURCE: A/C, GUNNER, USAF
7. COLOR: [illegible]
10. ANGULAR VELOCITY: [illegible] per second
11. PHOTOS: Yes, No (No is checked)
14. MANEUVERS: [illegible]
16. COMMENTS: AIRMAN SIGHTED FLASH IN SKY BEHIND A/C AT 17,500 FT GROUND A/C.
DISCLASSIFIED D.L.
ATIC Form 329 (Rev 27 May 52)

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