Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 1959
- Date of account
- 1959-08
- Location
- Mobile Bay, Alabama
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 29Aug 59 Mobile Bay,Alabama 口 Probobly Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT_29/1012Z AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DxWas Astronomical MeteOr Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomical ONo Civilian & Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE D Other 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 5 secs 1 MNI 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Traveling light w/smoke trailing observed Two rpts fm different sources giving for about 5 secs. Flight straight fm SE to almost identical info.Obvious W.Light bright enough to read paper by. characteristics of meteor sighting. Illuination lasted 3 secs.Smoke remained an illumination of a large flash bulb. Second rpt
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