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Gulfport, Mississippi, September 1955

Date of account
1955-09
Location
Gulfport, Mississippi
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Gulrport, Mississippi 25 Sep 55 口 Wos Balloon SW Ot Keesler AFB,Miss 口 Probobly Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION LocalExact time unk Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_25/0900Z AirVisual D Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS T.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OY.s 口 Probably Astronomical ONEX civiiian(mult) 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE OtherPyrotechnic 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown lmin 1 See case 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINO 11.COMMENTS Brilliant light shape of half circle on hori- Due to fact that recently area of sighting zon.Appeared to cover many miles, center of was used as a photoflash bomb drop area, circle was red,outer part ranged pale blue to and that light "flickered"three times,a red.

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