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Vicinity Nome, Alaska, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Vicinity Nome, Alaska
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 口 Probobly Balloon 6 December 1957 Vicinity Nome, Alaska 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local Xa& Ground-Vi sual D Ground-Radar Probobly Aircroft 8438乡 D Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possi bly Aircraft D Ai~Visual 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicale 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical OY. 口 Possibly Astronomical XXNo 36 Civilians 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 口 Insufficiont Dota for Evaluation 口 Unkno wn one S toN 20 - 30 seconds 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One object,round, size 6 to 12 inches Description and characteristics of tail4to5times object observed indicate meteor color flame red, diameter. object had flat trajectory, sighting. straight flight path. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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