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Irondequoit, New York, July 1959

Date of account
1959-07
Location
Irondequoit, New York
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 25Ju1_59 Irondequoit, New York 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 1300 Ground-Visuol 口 ProboblyAircraft 251800Z Ju159 AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 PossiblyAircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE OCXOthorUNIDENTTEIED 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 5-10sec N-E 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Brownish-black obj w/awhite bubble in No conclusion was reached as to the center.Ho soumd.Edges in front seemed a causeof the sighting & thecase is little thicker than trailing edges.Shape carried as unidentified.Possibility that obj was a meteor,however, this ing off the trailing edge. Obj had tremen- dows no

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