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Manitowoc, Wisconsin., April 1958

Date of account
1958-04
Location
Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 15073 RECORD CARD L.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCL.USIONS 口 Was Balloon 12Apr 58 Manitowoc,Wisconsin 口 Probably Ballcon 口 Possibly Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 10:30PM 口 Wos Aircraft Local 只Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Binoculars ProbablyAircraft 13/0230Z AirVisual Air-interceptRadar 口 Possibiy Aircraft GMT Pollux 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Was AstronomicalBetelgeuk Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical Civilian 7.LENGTH OFOBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar 口 Insufficiant Data for Evaluation 30 mins,still view Sw descending 口 Unknown two n 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One white star like light. One red Star Betelgeux (mag0.to-1)in light,too small to get idea of shape position of sighting at lo degreps white obj shape of grapefruit w/a elevation 27o degrees azimuth. point.The white obj seemed to be Pollux is at 275 degrees azimuth going

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