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2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

Wes Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Wos Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

12 Feb 61 Finland
3. DATE-TIME GROUP - 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

ee ee? O Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodar

OMT eee etOZ XKAir Vi sucl 0 Air-Intercept Radar

5. ‘PHOTOS Was Astronomical

Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

Other__ Prob Venus. Probe

Insufficient Dete fer Evaluction
Unknown

O Yes
ZENo
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Size of full moon, glow-j!!. COMMENTSThe Venus probe launched by

ing silver, shape of round plate whose edges | Russia was launched on the date of this
were not sharp byt hazy. Strenght of light was) sighting; the exact time of launch is
the glass of strong northern light. Slowly unknown, however. It is quite possible
light in middle of plate disappeared until it | that the object observed by the four
looked like ring of light which disappeared pilots was, in fact, the rocket during
completely at O420. Altitude 20-30° abave its ascent.

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PUBLICLY RELEASED TO DATE X QUOTE OBS MADE FROM FOUR FINNAIR PLANES ID

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HAD STARTED BEFORE ZERO FOUR ONE ZERO IT WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED EARLIER AS PLANES AT TINE OF OBS FLEW WITHOUT CHANGING

COURSE X THE LIGHT PHENOMENON VAS SIZE OF FULL MOON CMM GLOWING SILVER
Oi THE SHAPE OF ROUND PLATE WHOSE EDGES WERE NOT SHARP BUT HAZY X
STRENGTH OF LIGHT WAS THE GLASS OF STRONG NORTHERN LIGHT x SLOWLY LIGHT
IN MIDDLE OF PLATE DISAPPEARED UNTIL IT LOOKED LIKE RING OF LIGHT WHICH
DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY AT ZERO FOUR TWO ZERO % LIGHT MOVED DURING TIME
OBS TOWARDS NORTH AT ALTITUDE OF TYO ZERO DASH TUREE ZERO DEGREES

AEOVE HORIZON X ALL PLANES MOVED TOWARDS NORTH DASH TWO DIRECTLY

NORTH CMM ONE NORTH EAST AND ONE NORTH WEST DASH THUS COULD NOT

HAVE BEEN SUPPOSED MOVEMENT * OBJECT IN QUESTION COULD NOT HAVE

PEEN ANYTHING STABLE X TWO PILOTS ORS STARS THROUGH THE RING

DASH FORMED OBJECT WHEN IT DISAPPEARED Y DISTANCE OF OBJECT MUST

HAVE BEEN YERY GEAT AS WELL AS DIAMETER OF RING THE LICHT FORMED

X NO NORTHERN LIGHTS REPORTED NIGHT ONE ONE DACH ONE TWO FEE

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FOL ARE POLITICNS CMM TIMES OBS AUD DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT GIVEN BY ,

PILOTS CLN PRN ONE PRN POSITION CLN PARKANO PRN S1Y TU@ ZERO ZERO

NORTH DASH TVO THREE ZERO ZERO EAST PRN SEMICLN

GIR TRAVEL CLN NORTH VEST SEMICLN TIME OBS CLN ZERO FOUR

ONE ONE X LIGHT OBSS IN ENE AT FIVE ZERO DEGREES ON MAGNETIC COMPASS

< APPEARED AS THE MOON THROUGH VEIL OF CLOUDS OR THE CORONA OF

MOON X PRN TUO PRN.POSITION CLN KANGASNIEMI PRN SIX TYCO ZERO ZERO NORTH

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CLN HAAPAYARVI PRN SIX THREE FOUR ZERO NORTH DASH TNO FIVE THREE |
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CLN DIR TVL CLN NORTH X TIME OBS CLN ZERO FOUR ONE ZERO TO ZERO FOUR C
TWO ZERO “ APPEARED AS MOON ON STRONGLY LIT CLUD CMN EDGES

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