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N. Rome Ciampino, Italy, September 1954

Date of account
1954-09
Location
N. Rome Ciampino, Italy
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS N. Rome Ciampino, Italy 品 Was Balloon 17 September 1954 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local KGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircroft 17/0645Z AirVisual Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probabiy Astronomical Military（Italian) 口 Possibly Astronomical No 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 45 Minutes 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Cigar shape,in motion vith trail-jelly fish shape when stationary. Sighting just Probableballoon before sunset toward clouds.Disappeared intp clouds.Several observers.Reported to have been detected by radar-Rept not complete on this. CFORM329(REV26SEP52)

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