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Hellenburg, Germany, January 1957

Date of account
1957-01
Location
Hellenburg, Germany
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 27January 1957 Hellenburg,Germany 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Wos Aircraft Ground-Visual DGround-Radar Local 口 Probabiy Aircraft 口 Possibiy Aircraft 27/0625Z DAir-Visuai Air-lntorcopt Radar GMT- 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Meteor 5. .PHOTOS Probably Astronomical OYes 口 Possibly Aatronomicol D:No Civilian 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3-4 seconds ouo NW 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A ball-shaped object, intense black- Everything here suggests that the white, with a fiery red trail was seen object was,without doubt,a by observer on ground. It was on a bolide(fireball).SeeDr. downward arc from 70 to 20 dgrs. Olivier's and Dr. La Pas'.rpts. Observed for only 3-4 seconds. Exploded

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