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Gadsden, Alabama, January 1953

Date of account
1953-01
Location
Gadsden, Alabama
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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1.DATE.TIME GROUP OCATION 11.Jan 53 11/2305Z Gadsden,Alabam 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION Varied 20 Civ's of Gadsden,Al PROBABLY BALLOON 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS Possibly Balloon. Oro 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11.BRIEF SUMMARYAND ANALYSIS 5-10lin. Object appeared to be bri ght, glowing, multicolored mss, relative size & shape not escertainable. 6.TYPE OF O3SERVATION Object scemed to be drifting with the winds.Altitude 8-90oo'.Object Gro und-Visual traveled fron horizon to horizon drirg 5-lo minutes 7.COURSE sighting. S-SE 3.PHOTOS Yus RoXNo 9.PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Yas OxNo FORM FTD SEP630-329(TDE) Prvlous sdltlone of thle form may bo used,

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