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Tempe, Arizona, January 1957

Date of account
1957-01
Location
Tempe, Arizona
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 12 January 1957 Tempe,Arizona Probobly Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1125 DGround-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local.-. 口 Probobly Aircroft 12/18257 Air-Visuai 口 D Air-lntorcopt Radar Possibly Aircraft GMT. S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicai #人口 口 Probobly Astronomical AF Civilian Employee 口 Possibly Astronomical ON。 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othsr. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 5 minutes one unk O. BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTINO 11.COMMENTS Object size of half dollar shining with Wx balloons normally launched brilliant light observed at approx between 1030-1l00 hours.4 30,0o0ft. Object remained stationary. balloon launching units within very short distance: Luke AFB, Williams AFB,Prescott and Winslow. Size, shape, descrip- tion a

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