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Aliwal North, South Africa, February 1962

Date of account
1962-02
Location
Aliwal North, South Africa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Ballaon 21Feb1962 Aliwal North. South Africa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Locai xGround.Visual 口 Probably Aircraft AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft GMT二 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYes Physical 口 Probably Astronomical No Snecimen Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical Atlas Booster 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE D Other. SectY8h 口 Insufficient Data far Evaluation 口 Unknown one 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Piece of metal recovered in South Ieentified as booster rocket Afrien. section of Glenn flight. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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