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Springfield, Missouri, May 1957

Date of account
1957-05
Location
Springfield, Missouri
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 14May 1957 Springfield,Missouri 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircrafr Local QxGround-Visual 口 Probobly Aircraft 15/0433Z Air-Visuai D Air-Intorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DxWas Astronomicai MeteOl UYes 口 Probably Astronomical ONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Dara for Evaluotion falling 口 Unknown 2-3 seconds 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object round, size of grapefruit Meteor sighting. color white turning to green. Object had crail or exhaust 3 times the length of object. Object appeared to have exploded and disappeared. AT1C FORM 329(REV 26 SEP 52)

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