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Taichung, Formosa, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Taichung, Formosa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 20-21 December1957 Taichung. Formosa (8 sight) Probably Bol loon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local kGroundYisual Ground-Radar a Was Aircraft Telescope 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 20-21/11542 DAi~Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OY.. Probably Astronomical OXNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor- 区Xinsufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS 8 sightings: l) a bright white wheel Insufficient information for like object heading northat high speed, evalfuation faded to NE.2) a bright white obj head- ing 225 dgr at low speed,10 times brighter than a meteor.3) a white shooting obj flying slowly,l0 times brighter than meteor.4) white obj larger than

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