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Manston AFS, England, January 1954

Date of account
1954-01
Location
Manston AFS, England
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS xxxWos Balloon 19Jan54 Manston_AEs,England Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircroft GMT_19/1400Z, 19/14152 XXAiVisuel D Air-Intorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS T.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Probobly Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical military 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Dato for Evaluation found,silvery obj stationary 口 Unknown 2 minutes.5 ainut 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS 1.Rcund silvery object stationary in air obsefved Ballocn conforms vith descriptiop by aircrew.A/c at 38,000.0bject at 45 deg given. No informatian presented elevation from them.Pilot turned left and lost conflicting with this analysis. sight of object.Could not relocate. 2.A/c at 45,000 ob

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