Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1959
- Date of account
- 1959-09
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 14Sen.59 口 Was Balloon Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possidly Balloon Local Ground-Visua! Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft GMT_15/0106Z 口 ProbablyAircraft AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Yos XWas AstronomicoliA Civilian 口 ProbablyAstronomical ON-O 口 Possibiy Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 1 hr &still visible 口 Unknown one generally S 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Cireular obj obsrved as a glowing white ob Star Altair (magnitude O.9) was in the near the moon.At 45°elev &about 5°fm position indicated. Color changes the noon. Movenent was rptd as East & probably due to atmospherie conditions. genrally South. Aaditiomnl info was at te time fthe sighting. requeste
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