Upper Volta, Africa, August 1962
- Date of account
- 1962-08
- Location
- Upper Volta, Africa
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 14 August 1962 Upper Volta,Africa 口 Probabiy Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Bolloon 4.TYPEOF OSSERVATION Locol 3PM Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor 口 Wos Aircroft 口 Probobly Aireraft GMT. 14/1500Z DAi~Visuol Air-lntercopt Rodor 口 Possibiy Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE xWas Astronomicol meteorite OYes Physical 口 Probabiy Astronomicol XN. Specimen Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 口 Unknowm recovered object one found on groutd 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object fell causing alarm to field Assumed meteorite.Sent to workers. Loud noise and bright light Brookhaven for analysis. overhead in afternoon. Size of grape- fruit,object weighing 8 kilos. Found in hole 40 cm deep 3 meters wide. Coreespodeaxe DEOT 7D AT1CFORM3
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