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Dover AFB, Delaware, October 1959

Date of account
1959-10
Location
Dover AFB, Delaware
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 1C073 RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Wos Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 150ct59 Dover AFB, Delaware 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 WasAircraft XXGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircraft Local 口 Possibly Aireroft DAi~Visuol Air-Intercept Radar GMT_/S/2301Z XWes Astronomical Meteor 6.SOURCE 5.PHOTOS 口 Probabiy Astronomical Yes D Possibly Astronomicai MNO Military 9.COURSE D Other. 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Unknown BS 14 secs 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Prcbably a meteor. White fireball w/tail cbanging white to blue to blue-areen. Tail was one to one and o a pea at arm's length. ATIC FORM 329(REY 26SEP 52)

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