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Kettering, Ohio, April 1963

Date of account
1963-04
Location
Kettering, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 14April1963 Kettering,Ohio 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 2100 XαGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 15/0200Z GMT. AirVisual D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 ProbablyAstronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XXNO 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 9.COURSE ECHOI 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 3-5 minutes one SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object appearing as an extremely Satellite ECHO I over Dayton bright star observed in Nw on flight at 2048 (l2 minutes prior to to SE.In sight for 3-5 minutes。 rptd sighting). South of city at 68 dgr elevation moving SE. Time discrepancy within the normal possibility associated with reports of this nature. Cas

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