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Erie, Pennsylvania, March 1957

Date of account
1957-03
Location
Erie, Pennsylvania
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DA7E 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 4March 1957 Erie, Pennsylvania! Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircroft 05/0230Z 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT AirVisuol Air-lntercept Radar 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol O'Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian & Military 口 Possibly Astronomical Rdo 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 insufficient Dato forEvaluatian 口 Unknowm twenty-five minutes one up and down 1O.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One eight inch long red cigar shaped Description,duration, up and object moving up and down.object down motian indicate that this was seen visually and through bino- sighting was probably caused by culars for 25 minutes. a balloon. No report on file. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)

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