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Bethel, Alaska, March 1962

Date of account
1962-03
Location
Bethel, Alaska
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 12Mar 62 Bethel,Alaska 口 Probabiy Bailoon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 口 Possibiy Balloon 4.TYPEOFOBSERYATION 12/0247 口 WasAireraft Locai Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 ProbobiyAircroft 12/1247Z GMT AirVisuol Air-lntercaptRador 口 Possibiy Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol 口 ProboblyAstronomicoi UNo Civilian Passibiy Astronomical 7.LENGTH OFOBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 C 口 Insufficianr Data for Evaluationlion 口 Unknown 3min 1 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGObjt deSCribed aS Semi- .coMMENTsrhe waxing moon,whose az at cireular,laying on fiat side,size of dime time of sighting coincides with that at arms length as observed by witnesses in eported for objt,vas just setting. ethel, Alaska. Cbjt was reported to be oon was38p illuminated with illwninated driliiant red and to have renained in sight portion generallyon bott

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