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Knoxville, Tennessee, August 1957

Date of account
1957-08
Location
Knoxville, Tennessee
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSICNS 口 Was Bailoon 13 August 1957 Knoxville,Tennessee 口 ProbablyBailoon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Local 欧Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 WasAireraft XProbablyAireraft GMT 14/0113Z Ai~Visuol Air-lnterceptRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 WasAstronomicol aYes 口 ProboblyAstronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OSSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation Unknowm three minutes one straight 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One redish orange object shaped like Concur with Reporting Officer that two"v"s pointing toward each other this sighting was probably caused and the size of a human.fist.object by an aireraft. was seen flying on a straight course and was seen for three minutes. AT1C FORM329(REV 26SEP52)

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