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Birmingham, Michigan, August 1958

Date of account
1958-08
Location
Birmingham, Michigan
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口口 Wos Bolloon 17 August 1958 Birmingham, Michigan Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual DGround-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT 18/0022Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.·PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYos Probobly Astronomicol 区No Civilian Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE xxothorSputnik III 口 Insufficiont Dato for Evaluation 3 mins Unknown one ENE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Rnd,bluish-white obj,larger than Data given indicates possible star,glowing,slight turn to Norhh sighting of Syutnik IlI. No as it approached. observed in wSw confirmation. at 35dgr elev. Moved ENE & made slight turn to North as approached. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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