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17 January 1963
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
"12. LOCATION
| 4 TYPE OF OBSERYATION
EwGround- Visual
| O AirVisual
Ludlow, Massachusetts
O Air~Intercept Radar
12. CONCLUSIONS -
Th, Wos Balloon
Probably Balloon
| Possibly Bolloon
O Ground-Radar B Was Aircraft
Probably Aireraft
|O0 Possibly Aircroft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
TY FT MT
I Civilian
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |
O
Of bl
O Possibly Astronomical
0
Other : cs: |
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
12 minutes | one rising northward
9. COURSE
|
:
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Object varying in intensity foom bril- | Only wind report was at lower
liant to being invisible. First level from 200 dgr. However,
observed at 30 dgr elevation 135 dgr prevailing winds are to north
| azimuth, Disappeared at 80 dgr eleva- and east, Sighting characterisific |
of balloon observation. Blinking |
tion S0 dgr azimuth rising and fading.
"Total duration 12 minutes, Wind infor- | light rising & duration consis-
tent with this analysis, |
‘mation garbled. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)