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Litschau, Czechoslavakia, January 1959

Date of account
1959-01
Location
Litschau, Czechoslavakia
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 16Jan 59 Litschau, Czechoslovakia 口 Probably Bolioon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local _Noon Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT. Ai~Vi suol Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYos 口 Probably Astronomicol Civil Police 口 aNe Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE OthorPoss Guided Missi 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluotion 口 Unkno wn 2mins one 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Luminous round flying obj crossed Czech o reason to deviate tith witness border ihho Austraa, soared steeply upward analysis.Assuned guided missile. at irmense speed while enitteng a hissing noise. Obj circled and returned across czech border.Speed estimated at 3x speed of Austrian A/c.Observed for 2 mi

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