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Pineville, Louisiana, August 1957

Date of account
1957-08
Location
Pineville, Louisiana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 15 August 1957 Pineville,Louisiana 口 Probably Balluon XPossibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 WasAircraft Local Ground-Radar 口 ProboblyAircroft 15/1630Z D Ai~Visuol Air-lntercopt Radar 口 PossiblyAireraft GMJ 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol DiYes 口 Probably Astronomicol No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficientDato forEvaluction. 口 Unknowm 7minutes one climbing to E st 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Smooth, egg-shaped, standing on end Speed,movement and color indicate size of basketball,light yellow colors strong possibility of weather flashint to white under sunlight. balloon. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP52)

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