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Tampa, Florida, November 1962

Date of account
1962-11
Location
Tampa, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1..DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUS1ONS 口 Was Balloon 17 November 1962 Tampa, Florida 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION .Local Ground-Visual DGround-Radar 口 WasAircraft 口 ProboblyAircraft GMT- 19/0200z AirViswal Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol DiYes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XCXNO 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE XOther UNIDENTIFIED 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 11-l5 mins three varied 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Cluster of 3 second mag star-like UNIDENTIFIED at this time.No objs in horizontal flight. Approached indication that the objs pre- & hovered.Disappeared by fading into sented a threat to the security star background. No shape. Approached of the U.S. fm 20 dgr elev to 45 dgr elev where objs hover

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