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Panama Canal Zone, September 1957

Date of account
1957-09
Location
Panama Canal Zone
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 21 September 1967 Panama Canal Zone Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION .Local XkGround-Vi sual D Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Airerafs GMT22/0340Z Ai~Visuol Air-lntercept Rodor 口 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE αxWosAstronomical Meteor DiYo 口 Probably Astronomicol Military 口 Possibly Astronomical XCNo 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknowm 5-10 seconds one se 1O.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Rapidly moving object appeared to come Description & course of object through a saddle formed by hills at are those of a bolide. a low altitude. Definitely below clouds which were at 160o ft. No sound. Emitted a luminous light over its entire sur- face.Object similar in size to a C-54 fuselage as seen at l5oo ft a mile dis t

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