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Makanda, Illinois, November 1957

Date of account
1957-11
Location
Makanda, Illinois
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 9November 1957 Makanda,Illinois 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF O9SERVATION 口 Was Aireraft Local DGround-Visual O Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircroft GMT_10/0132Z D AinVisuol D Air-Intorcept Rodor 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical VenuS OYes 口 Probably Astronomicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XONo 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15 minutes one SSW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round object,red to blue,no tail or Although information very limited exhaust. No sound. Very high. Zigzagged conclusions are that this was out of sight. Venus according to astro tables and computer. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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