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Burtonwood, England, April 1955

Date of account
1955-04
Location
Burtonwood, England
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 17 April 1955 Burtonwood,England 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visuol Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 17/2235Z CXirVisuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE X Was Astronomical Meteor Yos 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol ONREX 7:LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor- 口 Insufficisnt Dota for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 1-3 seconds 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round,bright,bluish white object Steady coursa, slightly down- with oblong exhaust or trail. ward. Speed greatly in excess Sparks. of a/c. Meteor sighting. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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