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Vicinity Of Wake Island, September 1959

Date of account
1959-09
Location
Vicinity Of Wake Island
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon Vicinity of Wake Island 10 Sep 59 口 Possidly Balloon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft Local 口 Possibly Aircraft D AirVisuoi D Air-intercept Radar GMT_1809Z-1815Z 口 Was Astronomical 6.SOURCE 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical DrYes 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo Military 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown one Stationary & Bast 15-30 mins 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING OitsMeTecl Witness probably saw ar Elongated star-shaped obj w/surrounding CE contrail. cloud. Color white changing to red & possibly violet. Obj first appeared as bright white litht & disappeared. Obj reappeared ATLA.S1M1S3LE changing colors. Verical appearing vapor-like taail,quite large in compa

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