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APO 253-France, December 1963

Date of account
1963-12
Location
APO 253-France
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBolloon 6-7Dec1963 APO 253-France Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Rodar Was Aiicraft Local DGround-Visuol 口 Probably Aircroft DAir-Jntercapi Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. AirVisual 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicai DYes Fhysical 口 Probably Astronomical Militayy 口 Possibly Astronomical ON Specimen Other. Radar Reflector 7.LENCTH OF.OBSERYATION 3.NUMBER OF O3JECTS9. COURSE 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown N/A 1 NW IO. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Balloon with radar reflector. Physical specimen recovered. See Case file ATICFORM329(REV26SEPS2)

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