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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1962

Date of account
1962-04
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 27.Apr1962 philadeiphia,Pennsylvania Probably Balloon 口 Possibty Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION XOGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Locoi_ 口 Probobly Aircraf! 28/0120Z Air-Visual DAir-Intercept Radar Possibiy Aircraft GMT- 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomicol D.No 口 Possibiy Astronomical Ciyilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF O3JECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 lnsuficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown less than l0 secs one NE 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS Object shaped like Mercury capsule Probably meteorie in origin. disappeared to NE in less than 10 Limited data. Speeds in range secs. Sphere of light in center. of meteor. Light continuous. ATICFORM329(R3V26SEP52)

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