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Gulf of Mexico, May 1963

Date of account
1963-05
Location
Gulf of Mexico
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 26May 1963 Gulf of Mexico 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION NXGround-Visual Ground-Radar WasAircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 26/0900Z Air-Visuol Air-intorcept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical OY 口 ProbablyAstronomical M.No Military (Coast Guard) 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Othor. X Insufficiont Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown not reported one Northeast 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object moving toward the coast (NE) Duration not reported.Flight at a very high rate of speed.Bluish not indicated other than erratic white light around the object.Erratid No montion of manner of disap- pearance,lncomplete data for anaiysis. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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