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Madison, Tennessee, November 1962

Date of account
1962-11
Location
Madison, Tennessee
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD I.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 16 November 1962 Madison,Tennessee 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Kround-Visual DGround-Rodar 口 Wos Aircraft 口 Probobly Airerofs 17/0120z GMT AirVisuol D Air-lntercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor 口 Ys Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XCXNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 2-3 South 口 Unknown 17 seconds 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Obj like huge star of mag -8 lasting Speed indicates that obj was a about 8 seconds observed to break into meteor. Amature star gazer-- 2 objs of about third magnitude. should be aware of meteor charac- Sighted east moving south. Yellowish teristics. Characteristics con- white. Sighting included impressio

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