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CASE REFERENCE6965316

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1959

REPORTED LOCATIONApprox260Mi East Of Resolution Island

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1. DATE pe ail ~ 12 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS” |
Approx 260 mi East of fe We Ret san
13 Novy 59 Resolution Island Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TiMe GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DB Possitty Balloon
P we O Was Airereft
| Loco! . 5 . = O Ground: Vi sual O Ground-Rodor G Probably Aircraft
GMT. 13/12152 aed 22 Air Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Q Was Astronomical Venus
| O Yes O Probably Astronomical
* _ No oat Mi Lita ee O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other lacs =
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Small, silver, rnd obj. Navigational turns | Astro plots indicate the planet Venus
Jcaused loss of obj. Pilots identified it as to be in the position rptd.
the planet Venus.

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Two steel trap aircraft, 99th bomb wing, sighted a UFO at
1205 zulu, object was silver - 16 degrees - 18 minutss north
50 degrees, 14 minutes west. Aircraft were on a heading of 260 degrees
at 34,000'. Object was sighted 20 degrees to the right and 60 degrees
above the aircraft. It was kept in sight for 1 hour, 20 minutes st
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13 Nov 1959. Original location of aircrart was 1618N 56:07. Aircraft
on heading of 260 degrees at 3,000 feet. Object sishted 20 degrees
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