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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6969995

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONLake City Tenn

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1 pate /2 seen jf 7 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
12/0007 Dec 57 FOB ound-Vi sual B Ground-Rader GO Was Aircraft
Q Probably Aircraft
0 Air Vi sual © Air-Intercept Radar |9 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE ti Wes-Autronemicet
0 Yes | O Probably Astronomical
3 No Wilitary 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION — 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE }o Other. ——
nsutticient Data for Evaluation
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING = jt. COMMENTS

One object, painted on radar, seen gradually
descending for il minutes.

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