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Franklin, Ohio, October 1959

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

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PROJECT 1C073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Bailoon 170ct59 Franklin, Ohio 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Ground-Vi sual Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft Locai 口 ProbablyAireraft GMT_17/0630Z Ai~Visuol Air-InterceptRadar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicai Star Or Yes 口 ONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficientData for Evaluation 口 Unknown 30mias one West 10. SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS & No exact positional info was obtained smaller observed moving up,dowm, and side- fm the witness. The star Vega was low ways. Very bright, compared by witness to a on the horizon in the Nw at the time of lantern. In sight for tharty mins. Appeared the rpt. The obj viewed was probably &was still in sight after 30 mins w/only this star or possibl

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