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Kanopolis, Kansas, October 1957

Date of account
1957-10
Location
Kanopolis, Kansas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 31 0ctober 1957 Kanopolis, Kansas DxProbably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT31/15007 D Ai~Visual Air-Intercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol OYes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian D Possibly Astronomical XONO 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF O3JECTS 9.COURSE D Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknowm 1hour one SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SiGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round object,silver color, size of Object was moving with the wind. a silver dollar. No trail. No sound. Probably a balloon. Very slow & very low.Moving SE on a steady course. ATIC FORM329(REV26SEP52)

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