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Tripoli, Lybia, August 1958

Date of account
1958-08
Location
Tripoli, Lybia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 6-7 August 1958 Tripoli,Lybia 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Local Probobly Aircraft 06/1815Z-1830Z Ai~Vi suol Air-Intercept Rodar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. S.'PHOTOS 7.SOURCE Was Astronomical Mioteor OYos 口 Probobly Astronomicol ONXOX Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknow 2 seconds one South 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Blue to bluish-red flash of light, Bluish flash mofing south. about 2 ft across,which lit up area Object not observed. only briefly. reflectkon. Sighting character istic of meteor. Description and duration consistent with this analysis. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 1913--19302 TELESHONE To No. .7.4

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