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San Jose, California, September 1963

Date of account
1963-09
Location
San Jose, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 26 September 1963 San Jose,California 口 Probobly Bolloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION Local CGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WosAireroft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT. 27/0250-0310z Ai~Visual DAir-intercepi Radar D Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical GYs 口 ProbablyAstronomicol Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF CBSERYATION 3.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE Othor Southerly Insufficient Data far Evaluation not reported one 口 Unknown O.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS ECHO wasover San Jose at 729PM PST Obj thatlooked like starwith light on 26 Sep heading SE,North of blue tinge.No twinkle.Observed at the cityat 54 degelevation.Error in 60-70 deg elevation in East.Obj on reported time of about one hour.Possible Southerly flight. errorin conversion toZtime.Obj has allcharacter

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