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Paramaribo, Surinam, S America, November 1962

Date of account
1962-11
Location
Paramaribo, Surinam, S America
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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PROJECTYJ073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 3 November 1962 Paramaribo, Surinam,S Americ Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar D Wos Aireroft Local 口 Probably Aireraft 03/2330Z GMT D Air-lntercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol OYes 口 Probably Astronomicol KN Dutch Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE gxOtherSatollito 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknowm not rptd SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Fast moving lighted object. Thoyght Observation from South American possibly satellite.No noise and no country where airlanes would be lights.First believed object to be followed. Since witness indicated a star.object following a parabolic that object possibly satellite, course. Not on airlane. case is car

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