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Mankato, Kansas, January 1958

Date of account
1958-01
Location
Mankato, Kansas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073REC0RD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS ManKato, Kanscis 口 Wos Balloon 4Jan 53 Mankat 口 Probably Bolloon Kansas 口 Possi dly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local dawn XxGround.Visual Mx Probably Aircraft Air-lntercept Radar 口 GMT AirVisuol 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYs 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown 5 mins auo 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Rpt of strange a/c w/aerials about Ohservation of one of the new shape & size of strato-cruiser. Obser- WR-2 type a/c w/radar search ved at dawn. aerials. A/c has saae general configuration as a strato-cruiser ATIC PORM 329 (RZV 26SEP 52)

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