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Keesler AFB, Mississippi, April 1962

Date of account
1962-04
Location
Keesler AFB, Mississippi
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Mlitary PROJECT10073RECORD CARD 4.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 7Apr62 Keesler AFB, Mississippi Was Balioon 口 Probably Balioon 口 Possibly Bailoon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual DGround-Radar Was Aircraft Local 口 ProboblyAircraft GMT. Ai~Visual DAir-lntorcoptRadar 口 Possibiy Aircrait 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Physical 口 Was Astronomical CYas 口ProbablyAstronomical Military ONo Specimen 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Orhar 口 Insuficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Recovered item.Belloon with weight of lo00- Called Capt Joe Kittinger.Balloon be- 150o lbs polyethelene.No payload or marking longs to orgenization engaging in high- altitude research which will make arrangements for disposition of same. AT1CFORM329(RXV269RP52)

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