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Columbia, South Carolina, November 1957

Date of account
1957-11
Location
Columbia, South Carolina
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 12 November 1957 Columbia, South Carolina 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Aircraft Local. DGround.Visual OGround-Rodcr 口 Probobly Aircroit 12/1100Z DAir-interceptRador 口 Possibly Aireraft GMT AirVisual 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE KxWas Astronomical Meteor OYes 口 Probcbly Astronomico! XNO Civilian D Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 1 second one not given 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round shite light, about the size of Meteor. a dime at arm's length. Trail about 3 times the diameter of main object. Had an orange tinge. Did not fade, but disappeared suddenly. ATIC FORM329(RPV 26SRP 52)

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