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Between Wake Island & Hickman AFB, October 1959

Date of account
1959-10
Location
Between Wake Island & Hickman AFB
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Between Wake Island 口 Was Balioon 28 0ct59 &Hickman AFB 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Locol Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft 28/1238z 口 Probobiy Aircraft GMT 为AirVisuol D Air-lntercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Meteor Yes Probabiy Astronomical GNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE D Other 口 insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10-15 secs one descending 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Light blue light, same as 2nd magnitude Obj was probably a slow moying meteor. star, size of head of pin, descending Witness was at l2,ooo ft alt over rapidly, but not as fast as meteor. Dis- the ocaan, whieh would account for his appeared below horizon to South. seeing it longer than usu

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