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1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
22 Jan 62 Kirksville, Missouri 8 Was Balloon
B Probably Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local. 1245 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 22/18452 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y 000 Probably Astronomical
Military Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other. Other
000 Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1 hr 5 min one varied Unknown Unknown
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object Obfect appeared on radar at 1/2 the size/or Fron the performance of the target and
normal a,e return normal a/e return There was There was wind report wind reports i appears ppears that the most
on: one object and was measured at 7e.Doo' was measured at and logical explanation for the target is
65 55 miles. object ascended t ascended an that it was a weather balloon.
in with heaif
ing of O55° and speed O55° and sp 5s: whan
cbject reached gooo' height radar would no cbject reached gooo' height radar wuld no
longer raint it. Duration of sighting l hr and
5 min. Object war cbserved on an FPe-6a (height
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E. (1) EXCEPTIONLY HIGH ALTITUDE (72,O00 FEET)
(2)AZ 2 220 AT (72,300 FEET) 65 NILES
(S) AZ 5S AT S,OOO FEMT S5 MILES
(4) CBJEOT WNEN FIRST SIGHTED WAS AT 7E,OOO FERT AND WAS
ACCEMDING. IT REACMED A ALTITUDE OF CO,OOO FEET AND T THE::
STALTED A STEADY DECENT OF APPROXIMATELY 1, 500 FEET PER.
MINUTE WITH HEADING CF DEGREES SPEED 150
KICTS.
(5) L UPCH REACHING ALTITUDES OF S, OOO FEET HEIGHT MASAH HCULD
NO LOHGEH PAIT OBUECT. NC LCHGEH PAINT OBUECT.
(6) 1 KCUL S MIUTES (6) 1 MCUL S MINUTES
C. (1) CHOUND-ELECTLONIC FPS-SA (HMIGHT FIMDEL) FPS-SA (HMIGNT FIMDEL)
(2) 1/A
(3) M/A (3)N/A
D. (1)1845Z (1)18452 Z 22 JAN 62 22 JAN 62
(2) DAY
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