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Smithville, Tennessee, April 1960

Date of account
1960-04
Location
Smithville, Tennessee
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 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 28 April,1960 口 Was Balloon Smithville,Tennessee 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION Ground-Rodor Wos Aircraft Local X Ground-Vi sual Probobly Aircraft 29/05402 D AirViwal D Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aY 口 Probably Astronomical KXNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm three minutes One South then East 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Rouna red flashing light, size of a basket- Believed to be aircraft by reporting ball observed to stop three times and then official.Concur with the report. turn to the East and disappear in distance. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SRP 52)

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