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Manus Island, Admiralties, May 1960

Date of account
1960-05
Location
Manus Island, Admiralties
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD MULTIPLE 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 31·May,1960 Manus Island, Admaralties Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XGround-Visual Local 口Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aireraft GMT_31/2230Z DAirViwal D Air-intorcopt Rodar 口 Possibly Aircraft 6.SOURCE WasAstronomicol 5.PHOTOS Meteor OY 口 Probably Astronomical XNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation Not Given One Not Given 口 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Brilliant blinding light,followed by Information is very linited in nature a series of heavy explosive sounds three to however the description conforms to four minutes later.There was initially a the pattern of a"bolide"type of small moving light grariually enlarging and meteor of unusual siz

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