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Israel, Cairo, Egypt, September 1962

Date of account
1962-09
Location
Israel, Cairo, Egypt
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 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 26 September l962 Israel.Cairo.Egybt 口 Probably Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Boiloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP Local. ZGroundVisual Ground-Rodar 口 Wos Aireraft 口 Probably Aireraft GMT-26/16007 Ai~Viswol D Air-Intercept Rador 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DkxWas Astronomical Me teor XoYes 口 Probobly Astronomicol KONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Orher. 口 InsufficientDota forEvaluation 4-5 seconds 口 Unknown euo Northerly 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Luminous obj traveling SE to North. Observed fm Port Said trailing white smoke at approximately 8l,000ft.0bj Meteor. fell into Mediterranean Sea. Smoke visible for 5 minutes after descent. Same object observed fm Israel in seven al locations. Photographs of smoke taken.Trail persisted fm 154

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