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Project Blue Book documents, New Delhi, 15 March 1951

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PROJECT 1 073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 March, 1951	2. LOCATION
New Delhi, India	12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
UNIDENTIFIED
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1020
15/04/50Z
GMT	4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS
Yes
No	6. SOURCE
Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
7 1/2 minutes	8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one	9. COURSE
Manuvered
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Cigar shaped object viewed by about 25 witnesses flew over air field, made loop, and flew off to South. Initial appearance of whistish cloud about 700 ft long and believed to be at 3-4,000 ft. Cloud increased in length and bullet shaped nose and whistish tail emerged. Tail about 100 ft long. No sound. Object flew over airport. Speed erratic Slow speeds, no smoke. Parid speed smoke became black, and control appeared similar to be either manual or wireless. Top speed estimated to be about 2,000 mph. Cigar shaped. Principal witness prone to exaggerate.	11. COMMENTS
Flight and manuvers consistant with analysis as a/c, however the many witness should have been able to identify some feature of an a/c since all were familiar the local airplanes. Case listed as UNIDENTIFIED.

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