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Vicinity Of Witchita Falls, West Texas, January 1951

Date of account
1951-01
Location
Vicinity Of Witchita Falls, West Texas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Texas LCX Was Balloon 16Jan 51 Vicinity of Witchita Falls, West Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OSSERVATION Local DxGround-Visuo! Ground-Radar Was Aircrcf! ProbablyAircroft Not Reported Air-Visual O Air-lntercept Radar PossiblyAireroft GMT. S.PHOTOS 3.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 ProbablyAstronomical CNO` Many people PossiblyAstronotnicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Othor. 口 InsuificientDctu forEvaluotion Unknowm up to2hrs 1 NE 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Shaped -Varied.Colr-Varied-Speed-Highy Evaluated as balloon. Alt was high.Object clained to be balloon released from White Sans was viewed by many people. Claimed to have been chased by a/c. Many detailx in report. ATIC FORM329(RZV 26SEP52)

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