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N of Midway Island, September 1960

Date of account
1960-09
Location
N of Midway Island
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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MILTTARY AIR PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 17 Sep 60 N of Midwey Islend Wos Balloon Probably Bolloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIAE GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERYATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aiicraft Local Ground-Visuel 口 ProbablyAireraf! 18/10152 Ai~Visual Air-lntercaptRodor 口 Possibly Aireraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Wos Astronomical Yes Military 口 ProbablyAstronomicai ONo 口 Possibly Astronomical Poss missile 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 9.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othar. 口 Insuificient Data for Evaiuation 20-30 E 口 Unknowm sec one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Elliptical shaped object,size of football witp Possibly missile. Duration of sighting tail length of body.Bright orange color. and appearance of object indicate missil Horizontal trajectory. Disappeared on horizon. in kmowm missile range area. Speed slower than average meteor. Appeared at 5°elevat 344°azin

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