Chengtu, China, July 1947July 1947

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Summary

On July 21, 1947, in Chengtu, China, a civilian witness reported an object falling from the sky. The object was silver in color and rectangular in shape, measuring about ten inches in length and width and approximately one inch in thickness. The bottom had a sheet of white paper. Inside were four small batteries and two radio transmitter tubes. The object bore English inscriptions. The Air Force evaluation was listed as a radiosonde.

Reported location

Chengtu, China, July 1947

Date of incident

July 1947

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 2

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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PROJECT [illegible] RECORD CARD

21 July 1947                    Chengtu, China

LOCATION: N/A

COUNTRY: [illegible]

SOURCE: Civilian

TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [illegible]

WITNESS(ES): Civilian

LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: N/A

NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One

COURSE: N/A

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:

An object fell from the sky. Silver in color and rectangular in shape. Length 10 inches, width about five inches and the thickness about one inch. On the bottom was a sheet of white paper. There were four small batteries inside and two radio transmitter tubes. Object had English inscriptions.

COMMENTS:

The description exactly fits our radiosondes.

(NO CASE[N] FILE)

AFIC FORM 329 (REV 13 SEP 52)

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