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Columbia, South Carolina, April 1957

Date of account
1957-04
Location
Columbia, South Carolina
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBcfloon 9April1957 Columbia. South Carolina 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibiy Balloon Local、 XCGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT 09/0645Z XDAirVisuol D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE OiYes 口 Was Astronamicol αXProbobly Astronomical XONo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMSER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor- 口 Insufficiont Duta for Evaluation 口 Unknowm see below one S to SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One fiery ball with tail,the size of Concur with rpting officer that a basketball at arm's length.Object this sighting was probably caused seen by four observers with varient by a meteor. stories.Object was seen visually and fm a/e for from 5-6 seconds by two and 10-15 seconds by two. No report in f

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