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Madras, Oregon, August 1958

Date of account
1958-08
Location
Madras, Oregon
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION Wos Balloon 口 Probably Bolloon 12August.1958 Madras, Oregon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft αGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft Local 口 Possibly Aircraft 12/0945Z AirVi sual Air-lntercept Radar GMT oXWas Astronomical Me teor 6.SOURCE 5.'PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomicol OYes 口 Possibly Astronomical Civilian ONRDK 9.COURSE 口 Other. 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown one SW 2 seconds 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING The earth is now passing Large explosion, followed by bright flash through the Perseids meteoric & three falling objs,light trail fm show er Maxwell AFB, Alabam ATTN:A:chives Branch ausrng falling objs which fell Sw & faded. Aerospace Studies Inst Director K RETURN TO: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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