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Whiteman AFB, Missouri, May 1963

Date of account
1963-05
Location
Whiteman AFB, Missouri
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD T.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 6 May 1963 Whiteman AFB,Missouri KProbablyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local XxGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aireraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 07/01157 XKAirVisual DAir-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomical JOKNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. rising 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 6·minutes Southerly 口 Unknowm one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS at 15 dgr elevation 280dgr azimuth associated with a balloon sighting climbing to South in 6 minutes to a po T-33 pilot & passanger considered siton estimated at 6o dgr elevation this a plausible explanation.Case 20 dgr azimuth. Observation by tower person- evaluated as balloon nel through 7x50 Bx. Rise ve

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