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Montauk, AFS, New York, November 1958

Date of account
1958-11
Location
Montauk, AFS, New York
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 19 November.1958 Montauk Ars,New yoxk 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Locai. Ground-Visual D.Ground-Rodur 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft CMT19/1430Z O AirVi sual Air-lntercept Radar D Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYes 口 Probably Astronomicol Military 口 Possibly Astronomical DNO 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 口 Insufficient Dafa for Evaluetion OKUnknowm approx 1 hour one ESE 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Radar return of obj1/2b 3/4 inch long, as thick as the edge of a dime. ONHDANTIFTED. Another return l hour later.Obj rose to 77,000ft&descended to 50,000ft almost vertically. 0bj climbed 3000 fo 3500 FPM & descended 4000 FPM. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP 52)

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