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Bloomington, Ill, March 1959

Date of account
1959-03
Location
Bloomington, Ill
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 Bloonington.Il Probably Balioon 2.Mar 59 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local xProbably Aircraft 03/01.42z OAinVisuol D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Wus Astronomical aYes 口 Probobly Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo Civilien 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 InsufficiontData for Evaluation 口 Unknown 8.cecs one DW 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Speck of light, heading NW, approx 50° It is the opinion that the obj elev, passed thru an angle of approx 20-25° was probably a high Plying jet a/e, distance ond vind direction accounting for the absence of soumd. ATIC 7ORM 329 (RZV 26 SZP S2)

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