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Long Beach, Mississippi, May 1955

Date of account
1955-05
Location
Long Beach, Mississippi
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 8May 1955 Long Beach, Mississippi 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aireraft Local XKGround-Vi sual 口 Probobly Aircraft 09/0400Z GMT. Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Yes 口 Probably Astronomical ONo Military 口 Possibly Astroromicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口,Othsr KXlnsufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15-20 seconds 9or_10 South 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS A slowly changing arc. Formation of There were no reported a/c in p or l0 dimly glowing lights. Moved area at time.It is possible at high rate of speed. Straight and that phenomenon was caused by level course. a sky reflection of lights. Also, slight possibility of meteor activity with positional ch

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