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Elizabeth City, North Carolina, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 28December 1957 Elizabeth City, North Caroli a Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION XRGroundVisual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft Local Probably Aireraft 28/2142Z Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OY. Probably Astronomical Civilian Possibly Astronomical XRONO 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation North 口 Unknown not given one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Red, cigar or football shaped object, There are no elevations, azimuth, size of football 20 yards from observer. or length of time in sight given Speed equal or greater than jet a/c. However,speed & flight compare with that expected of a/c. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)

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