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Mangham, Louisiana, May 1960

Date of account
1960-05
Location
Mangham, Louisiana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 22 May 60 Mangham, Louisiana 口 Was Balloon X Probably Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 22/1230Z GMT- D AirViswol O Air-lntercopt Radqr 口 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Yo. Civilian 口 Probably Astronomical RNo 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor- 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 2hrs one N-S 口 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Shape changed while observer watched from round England AFB weather office definitely to tubular and back to round, size of basket- identified the object as a weather balloop. ball,shiny,glittering, sometimes brilliant like fire, sometimes like silver. At times the object seemed to have a tail which was aprox as long as the object itself

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