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Washington D. C., May 1952

Date of account
1952-05
Location
Washington D. C.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 15 May 1952 Washington D. C. 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local2135 EDT Ground-Visual 口 Wos Aircroft D Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircrofi 02252 D AirVisuol D Air-lntercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT2! 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Wos Astronomical MF Teek aYes Probobly Astronomicol NO Naval ofricers and 3 other pedpcPossibly Astronomical 7.LENCTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- Insufficienr Data for Evoluotion Unknown 1080c 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS ione--Balloons launched in arca at 030o Z. Object would have been 5-6' aianeter Covered 6o° 7o° of sky and disa2peare but objcct was too fast unless balloon Was very low. ato 200-300 Coior; Yellowish*gold Maneuvers: Straight and level Shape:Oval MeTeor ATIC PORM 329(RRV 26 SEP S2)

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