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Mobile Alabama, October 1959

Date of account
1959-10
Location
Mobile Alabama
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 260ct59 Mobile Alabama 口 Possi biy Balloon 4. TYPE OF CBSERVATION 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Wos Aircraft Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft Locai 口 Possibiy Aireraft 26/2212Z AirVisuol Air-lntercept Rodor CMT CX Was Astronomicol Meteor 16. SOURCE 5.PHOTOS 口 Probabiy Astronomical DYes 口 Possibiy Astronomical Civilian No 9.COURSE 口 Other 3.NUMBER OF C8JECTS D Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Unknown SW to NE one 3secs 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Description & speed are typical of Large rnd obj w/tail like a comet on the a meteor. end. About the size of a half dollar. Silver w/ a whitish glow. Obj fell in an arc. Disappeared almost instantly. ATIC 7ORM 329 (RZV 26SZP 32)

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