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Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, May 1955

Date of account
1955-05
Location
Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
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 口 Was Balloon 11 May_1955 口 Probably Bolloon Tinkor.ArB..Oklahona 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION RGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 12/0335Z Air-Visuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astrononical Yes 口 Probobly Astronomical RNO Military Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Dato forEvaluation 口 Unknown one or two seconds euo S to N 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round. 36 inches in diameter. Yellow, Possible metear. red,with blue streaks behind. Blue streaks twice as long as object. Esti- mated speed of 100-l50 mph.Flight path steady with only slight droppage in elevation. Disappeared as if "burned out." ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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