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Independence, Mo., July 1960

Date of account
1960-07
Location
Independence, Mo.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 11 Ju1 60 Wes Balloon Independence &a ty,Mo. Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local- 2105 D Ground-Rodar Was Aiicraft α Ground-Vi sual Probably Aireroft 12/03052 口 D Ai~Visuol D Air-lntercept Radar Possibly Aircraft GMT S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical OY. Probobly AstronomicalMeteor Civilian and Military NNo Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 3-4 sec 口 two Unknown SSE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round and oblong,size of pea, red in color. Duration is characteristic of a meteor. Sighted 20°elev,approaching from 36o°. There were two objects observed, indi- Disappeared 30°elev,about 18o°.Traveled cating that the witness observed a SSE at high speed. Faded out of sight to the meteor after it

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