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Moorcroft, Wyoming, April 1963

Date of account
1963-04
Location
Moorcroft, Wyoming
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 13April 1963 Moorcroft,Wyoming 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local-1930-2030 oround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft 口 Probably Aircraft Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical KNo Satellite Echo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE axOther 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluatian 口 Unknown 15minutes one. southeast 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Flying object that looked just like Echo was over Wyoming at 1938 astar observed inflight to Se at onl3aprilheadingSE&hadall fairly fast speed.Passed overhead. bharacteristics of rptd obj.Case Believedto be satellite orweather evaluated as Echo I, Balloon. device. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP52)

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