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Olean, New York, April 1960

Date of account
1960-04
Location
Olean, New York
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 16Apr 60 口 Was Balloon Olean, New York Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XGround-Visual O Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Binoculars 口 Probobly Aireraft 170420z Apr GMT. AinViuat D Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS Z.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol 口Yo 口 Probably Astronomical CNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION C.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE OthorProb Birds 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 10-15 sec 20-30 NW 口 Unkno wn 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Twenty to thirty circular objects, size of half Probably a group of waterfowl heading dollars, aimes and nickels, dull gray, very north to their summer breeding grounds. close together.Looked like a mass until viewed through binoculars.No trail,no sound.Travel ing at extremely high rate of speed.

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