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Turner River Station, Australia, August 1963

Date of account
1963-08
Location
Turner River Station, Australia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Turner River Station,Australia 20Aug63 口 Was Balloon Ord River Station,Australia 口 Probabiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visuol Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProboblyAircraft GMT_20/0038Z Ai~Visuol D Air-lntorcapt Rodar 口 Possibiy Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 3.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYs 口 Probobly Astronomical No civilian 口 Possibiy Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS .COURSE OthorSatellite Dooay. 3-4seconds Explosion 口 InsufficiontData forEvaluation one 口 Unknown IO.BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Explosion in upper atmosphere which shook Possible decay of Cosnos II. buildings. Smoke screen observed.Report from Ord River had 2 witnesses who observed a silver object leaving a trail of smoke which was l0-1 deg elevation 225-235 azimuth.Ba1l of flame eminated fro

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