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Trinidade, Island, January 1958

Date of account
1958-01
Location
Trinidade, Island
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 16 Jan 58 Trinidade, Island 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TiME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft 1200 KGround-Visual Ground-Rodar Local 口 Probobly Aircraft 口 PossiblyAircraft AirVisual Air-InterceptRadar GMT 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 5.PHOTOS s人贝 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical Military 口No 首XOther Hoax 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown unknown unknown 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OFSIGHTING Two leading newspapers in Rio De Jan- Upon investigation the Brazilian eiro printed photos of alleged "flyingNavy refused tomakean official statement,and this Center has saucers"photographedfma Brazilian naval ship. been unable etoobtain copies of the photos.Analysis at ONI is that D photos are hoax. ATICFORM329(REV 263EP 52)

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