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in a boat on lake Winnebago, Wis., August 1959

Date of account
1959-08
Location
in a boat on lake Winnebago, Wis.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 26Aug59 in a boat on lake Winnebago,Wis 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 204582110 口 Was Aircraft Local DGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT AirVisual 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probabiy Astronomicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 只 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 1lmins six varied 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Six objs appearing as single lights, going Insufficient info received in ltr faster than a jet. Light was yellowish white, Follow-up questionnaires sent but no about as large as the lst magnitude stars. Three //additional info was received. more objs were sighted near the big dipper. To Sightings by 5 pedple.

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