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Russellville, Alabama, December 1958

Date of account
1958-12
Location
Russellville, Alabama
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUIONS 23 December 1958 口 Was Balloon Russellville,Alabama 口 Probabiy Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT. unkoown O AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE OYes Physical 口 Was Astronomicol 口 Probably Astronomicol saNo Spocimen Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othor. D Insufficient Dato fer Evaluation N/A 口 Unknowm one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS White cardboard box 7"xl6"x7"1ined The equipment was found to be w/white porous plastic. fwo dry cell that used by an unclassified battories & a sories of chemieal project whieh is sent up attacho batteries used for povor.Two tubes to a balloon for tracking in one end whieh lit up overy two missiles by a

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