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Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 1958

Date of account
1958-05
Location
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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

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PROJECT10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 16 May58 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 口 WasBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Probably Balloon 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft GMT. 17/0120Z 口 ProbablyAircraft DAir-Visual 5.PHOTOS Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 6.SOURCE Yes Xwas Astronomical Meteor DNo 口 ProbablyAstronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 5-10 secs 口 Unknown one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING North Red ball of fire,50-60 ft tail or 11.COMMENTS exhaust. Obj appears to be meteor. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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