PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7228415

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONAttapulgus Georgia

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2. LOCATION 2. CONCLUSIONS

Woes Balloon
29 October — Attapulgus, Georia Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

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C, HIGH THIN SCATTERED D. UNRSTRICTED E. TWO TO THREE TENTHS F. NONE
8, NEGATIVE 9. NONE 1%. 678TH ACWRON REPORTED NO AIR TRAFFIC

41. DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, 35TH AIR DIVISION: BRILLIANCE OF
OBJECT PROBABLY CAUSED BY REFLECTION OF SUN WHICH SET AT 22452
yLIGHT PATH OF OBJECT AS RELATED TO WINDS ALOFT PROCTICALLY RULES

OUT POSSIBILITY OF BALLOON, MEAGER INFORMATION MAKES EVALUATION
DIFFICULY. 12. NONE
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