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Boise, Idaho, May 1964

Date of account
1964-05
Location
Boise, Idaho
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 4 May 64 Boise, Idaho 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local. XxX Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 口 Probably Aircraft 05/0300Z 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT D AirVisual D Air-lntorcopt Radar 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yos 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical XXSNo mlti 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE OthorFlare 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation two (?) 口 Unkno wn n/a falling 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS iNews coverage of 20,ooo candle power flare FLARE reported initially by Boise TV stations. Uniden tified observer reported firball to TV station. Man had set-off this surplus marine flare to show son. Flare descended on l2 ft parachute. This explained rash of reports from area. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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