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CASE REFERENCE8661573

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONLebanon Ohio

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1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
= O Was Balloon
5 Mav 1962 Lebanon, Ohio O Probably Balloon
. . > ene = 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TimE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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Boceia 2Le5 A Ground-Vi sual © Ground-Rodar at pecbuaty Riverets
GMT oF /OkK5 QO Air Vi suel O Air-lotercept Radar A Possibly Aircrate
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomicol
C Yes O Probably Astronomical
c S No Civilian = D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTM OF OSSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE MH Other_tcho tf ae
O Insufficient Deta for Evaivetion
a 2s , aaall O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Sate) iite passed over VW. COMMENTS Peho T o 1 over Lebanon
fm Wto =. As bright as star. Very bright. heading SE at 0934 PM. cho was at §2°
Pook 5 min to go fm overhead to out of sight. blevation for this location. Case
sVaiunted as Echo I.
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Coserved by you was Echo.

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