PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6970953

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONCanal Zone Panama

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1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
© Was Balloon
19 December 1957 Canal Zone, Panama 10 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |0 Possibly Belloon
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS.| 9. COURSE SS) CORR ee
CO Insufficient Date for Evaluation
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Roond object, size of nickel or dime,
First observer stated orange,yellow
ball with blue-white trail. Second
observer stated blue white ball with
yellow red tail. 15 inches long at
arm's length, Had rapid movement and
intense light,

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11. COMMENTS

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