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Project Blue Book file, RB-47, July 17, 1957

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
17 July 1957	2. LOCATION
Forbes AFB, Kansas/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma/Ft Worth, Tex	12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□ Other
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1st sighting
Local 0350 AM
GMT 17/1050Z	4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
□ Ground-Visual
□ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS
□ Yes
□ No	6. SOURCE
USAF A/C Crew
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not given	8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one	9. COURSE
not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
A blue light was seen in sky that stayed with a/c for 420 NM.
Object was picked up by B-47 radar but could not be seen by ground radar.	11. COMMENTS
Identified as American Airlines flight 655.
See article by Dr. James E MacDonald-Astronautics and Aeronautics
Summer (1971)

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