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20 mi SE Kassel, Germany, October 1957

Date of account
1957-10
Location
20 mi SE Kassel, Germany
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 26 0ctober 1957 20 mi SE Kassel Germany 口 Probably Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP .Local. DGround-Visual D Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Binoculars 口 Probably Aireraft GMT 26/17087 D AirVisuol D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Me teor DiYes O Probably Astronomical O.No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 8-l0 seconds euo SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Round object,appearance of large sta Very limited 4th hand informa- white-yellow. No tail or trail,disap tion. However,description give pearod in haze on horizon. indicates a meteor. 26-31 K243. Maxwell AFB, AlaHam ATTN: Director RETURN T: 95 .6010 Oet Knsi ATIC FORM 329(REV

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