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Frenchman's Bajou, Arkansas, December 1954

Date of account
1954-12
Location
Frenchman's Bajou, Arkansas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Frenchman's Bajou,Arkansas Was Balloon 17 December1954 ProbablyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF O9SERVATION 2340CST DGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 ProboblyAircraf? 18/0540Z DAir-Visuoi D Air-intorcopt Rador 口 PossiblyAircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicai Y9s 口 ProbablyAstranomical CXNa Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicoi 7.LENCTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other. Spon Combusticn 口 InsufficiantData for Evaluation 口 Unknown 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMEN7S Source sighted logs on his farm smoldering. Ktg4602d unitatGrandview.AFB Upon exanination,source thcught burnt conducted thorough field investigation reth and smoldering of logs caused by meteoritp. of sight on 17 Dec 54.Snoldering caus by spontaneous combustion.in old logs packed tightly and serving as

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