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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 1954

Date of account
1954-08
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 22 August 1954 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania Wcs Balloon Probabiy Balioon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local- 1940 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft 23/0040 口 Probably Aircraft DAirVisual Air-intercept Radar 口 GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYs 口 Probably Astronomical DNo Civilian 口 Passibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficient Data for Eveluation 25 Minutes 1or5 NE 口 Unknowm 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round,silver,hovered in one place-became Phily newspaper carried stroy. W/x sealler or disappeared. personnel described objects as balloons. Upper air balloons were in area. AT1C 7ORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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