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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
| 2 LOCATION 112. CONCLUSIONS
v Was Balloon
Probably Balleen
Possibly Balleen
__7 February 1956 [Keesler AFB, Mississippi
| 3: DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local oe - oo | KI)Ground- Visual XG round-Radar
smT_0 / 1400 2 ei R¥irVisual O Air-lntarcept Radar
5. PHOTOS I ET a | 4 SOURCE
O Yes Noa
XX po Military
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9, COURSE Or ea
| | drifti ng east Insufficient Data for Evaluation
In A Sik Od Unknown |
Fi 60 knots |
10. 8RIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS AFT
Three objects in a cluster were sighted Definitely identified as |
from the ground at Keesler AFB, sighted balloon cluster, |
‘from the air, and picked up on ground ra i {
radar, By utilization of a thoedolite L |
it was ascertained that the objects | ;
were balloons of a large type.tied |
together, The balloons were moving
towards the ®ast at 60 knots,
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircroft
Possibly Aircraft
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Was Astronomical
Probably Astranomical
Possibly Astronomical
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ATIC FORM 323% (REV 18 3EP 512)
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