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Arlington, Massachusetts, December 1962

Date of account
1962-12
Location
Arlington, Massachusetts
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 1 December 1962 Arlington, Massachusetts 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION XKGround-Visuol Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Local FK Probably Aircraft 01/2025Z AirVisual Air-Intercopt Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DiYes 口 Probably Astronomicol XONo 口 Possibly Astronomical Civilian 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknow 3-5 minutes one SW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object shaped like a frankfurter appeared Probably a high flying jet。 to be tumbling end over end in straight Sun was low in West.Obsva- flight from 85 dgr alevation in Nw to tkon toward West.Red color 30 dgr elevation in Sw. Red color.observer attributed to sun. attempted to get telescope but could not

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