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Richfield, Idaho, July 1960

Date of account
1960-07
Location
Richfield, Idaho
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2. .LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 3Ju1 60 口 Was Bolloon Richfield,Idaho Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local- 1900 Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft D Ground-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft 04/02002 D Ai~Viwal D Air-lntercopt Radar 口 GMT. Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Y Probably Astronomical Venus Civilian No Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 insufficient Data for Evaluotion 15min one W 口 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Shiny, metalic object. Very.large but far away. Young witness waited until almost a year before he reported this sighting,and he was the only one among the reported groug of people watching the object who reported it. It has been determined that the planet Venus was in the position reported for the object.Venus was almos

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