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CASE REFERENCE6959949

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONLong Beach Mississippi

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
; 0 Was Balloon
8 May 1955 zs Long Beach, Mississippi [0 Bocuy Bale
3. DATE-TIME GROUP * TYPE OF OBSERVATION wee ee ee
Local | KGround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar _ Probably Aircraft
GMT 09/0400Z D Air- Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |2 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably pe dale
O No | Military 0 Possibly Astronomicol
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8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE , Other =
Xinsufficient Data for Evaluation
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15-20 seconds 9 or 10 South | ile
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING jt COMMENTS
4 slowly changing arc. Formation of There were no reported a/c in

9 or 10 dimly glowing lights. Moved area at time, It is possible
t high rate of speed. Straight and that phenomenon was caused by
evel course, a sky reflection of lights,
Also, slight possiblity of meteor
| activity with positional change
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evaluation,

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