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Beacon, New York, August 1958

Date of account
1958-08
Location
Beacon, New York
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 REC0RD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 19 August 1958 Beacon, New York 口 Probably Balloon 品 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aireraft Local XkGround-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft 20/0147Z Ai~Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 GMT. Possibly Aircraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYes 口 Probably Astronomical QNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other- Insufficient Dato for Evaluation Unkno wm 60-90 secs one East to West 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Rnd,blue-white obj,four to seven Strong possibility of a/c times larger than Sputnik. Had sighting; however,uata such straight course. as distance of travel missing. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP S2)

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