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Salt Lake City, Utah, July 1959

Date of account
1959-07
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATICN 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 15Ju159 Salt Iake City,Utah 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local 1830 DGround-Visuol Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口: ProbablyAircroft GMT_16/01302 Jul59 DAirVisuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 WasAstronomical Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 30-60e one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Half-moon shapod obj, size of quarter at Possible a/c. On meager info given arm's length.Outline of obj was a nass of fl sighting classed as possible a/e. flickering lights--like windous of airliner. Speed of4times faster than jetsin Moved four times faster than jets in area. area probably overestimated. In sight 1/2 to l mi

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