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Kirksville AFS, Missouri, May 1962

Date of account
1962-05
Location
Kirksville AFS, Missouri
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Kirksvillo.AEs. Missouri 口 Probabiy Balloon 5 May62 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOSSERVATION XKGround-Visucl Ground-Radar Wos Airerofr Local ProbablyAircraft 06/01007 DAirVisuol Air-InterceptRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft GMT_ 5.PHCTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYes 口 ProbabiyAstronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical No 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Othor. InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 2mins two SE 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Area covered for balloon tbo gre linnerplate w/o trail or exhaust or Possiblya/c,however there is not sufficient data available soundoobserved in straight fiight fm ito substantiate this conclusion. ppearance in Western sky,disappearing n SE.At first objs appeared to be pne unit,however theyseparated & one ppeared stationary for 2 secs.L

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