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Columbus, Ohio, October 1951

Date of account
1951-10
Location
Columbus, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Colunbus, Ohio 口 Was Bolloon 20etober 1951 口 Probobly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Bolioon 4. TYPE OF O3SERVATION 1800 Locol. Ground.Visual D Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aieroft 02/2300z 口 Probobly Airerait GMT. DAi~VIsvo! D Air-lntorcapt Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Y93 口 ProboblyAstronomicol CNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.O3SERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Oth...UNIFNTIFIED 口 InsuificiontDcto for Evoluation 口 Unknown 1 Minute 1 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Appeared to orange as increased distance from UNIDETIFIED observer. Glowing object.No sound.Saw flash First impression was that flash wao from a balloon. Faded and dimished in size as though going away from observer. Sise was slightly less than Dc-3 Fuselage. ATIC PORM329(RPV 26SEPS2)

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