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Ottawa, Ohio, September 1959

Date of account
1959-09
Location
Ottawa, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 7Sep59 Ottava,Ohio 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION x Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT_08/0400z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Dx Was AstronomicalCapella OYes 口 ProbablyAstronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical E.No 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 InsufficientData for Evaluation 口 Unknown three hrs one NE? 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS WX clear,sky, warm, no wind.Very bright Star Capella (Magnitude O.2) vas in obj flickering changing colors of the rptd postion. This was probably rose, blue, green & red. Flashing. Larger distorted by atmospherie conditions. than a star. In sight for three hrs to the NE. Was not seen to disappear. AT1C FORM 329(R8V 26SEP 5

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