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Silver Springs, Md., August 1959

Date of account
1959-08
Location
Silver Springs, Md.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 只 Was Balloon 3August 59 Silver Springs, Md. 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local Ground-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft 03/16457 AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Yes 口 Probably Astronomica! Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 15mins three varied 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Two small bright silver objs & one These objs were probably balloons. irredescent red. The tto silver objs All objs vent out of sight vertically. appeared to have a spdnning motion.One of the silfer objs would move, then the other would move in the sane pattern, traveling north and higher all the tine. ATIC FORM 329

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