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8-10 Mi N of Pageland and Shaw AFB, S.C., February 1959

Date of account
1959-02
Location
8-10 Mi N of Pageland and Shaw AFB, S.C.
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 8-10 Mi N of Pageland and 口 Was Balloon Shaw AFB, S.C.igelsTed,V. 口 Probably Bolloon 11 Feb 59 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Visual D Ground-Rodar .Local、 口 Probably Aircroft 口 Possibly Aircraft 0920809157 DAirVisual. D Air-lntercopt Radar GMT! X Wos Astronomical (Meteor) 6.SOURCE 5.'PHOTOS 口 Probobly Astronomical aYes 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo Military &Civilian 9.COURSE 口 Other. 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown one SW 5-30 sec 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING No doubt a very large meteor. Round ball with tail, size of grape Reported from 6 sources in same fruit. Ball was white,tail vas blue-rdd. general area. Obj very bright and lit up entire area. Tail appeared to come from center rather than edges of ball. N

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