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McDonough Georgia, December 1951

Date of account
1951-12
Location
McDonough Georgia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Bolloon 17 Dec 1951 MeDonough Georgia Probubly Bolloon 口 Possibly Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF O3SERVATION 口 Was Aicraft Locol. Ground.Visucl DGround-Rodor 口 Probably Aireraft DAirVisuol 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. D Air-Intercopt Radar 5.PHOTOS SOURCE 口 Wos Astronornical PHYSICAL SPECIM αYes 口 Probably Astronomicol Civilian ONo 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION B.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othor. 口 Insufficiont Dato forEvqluation 口 Unknown 1 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Dobbins AFB, Georgia CO requested identificatipn Balloon.Navy authorities furnished of balloon.Persons who found object described intormation that bellcon was probably it as a plastic balloon 30 ft in dianeter with used by ATc for training pzposes. three nylon shroud lines and simple cord and snap device for load susponsion. Suspe

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