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Terre Haute, Indiana, August 1959

Date of account
1959-08
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana
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 18Aug59 Terre Haute, Indiana 口 ProbablyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1310 Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local aGround-Visual D Probably Aircraft GMT_18/1910Z Aug_59 DAirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Yos X Probably Astronomicol Meteor B-No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation SE-NW 口 Unknown sev mins 1 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Obj sighted at zeneth of its angular flig 七 Info is very limited, however ATIc Calculated apparent velocity was 120,000 mph agrees w/conelusion of NASA that obj & a height of 120,000 ft.At the same time of was probably a bolide. the observation a noise was heard which woul resemble frying. Obj was she

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