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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9734644

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONSan Jose California

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1. DATE

’6 September 1963

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

San Jose, California

3. DATE-TimMée GROUP
Local

12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon

Probably Bolloon

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

CS Ground- Vi sual
0 Aire Visual

5S. PHOTOS ws
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Possibly Balloon

Wos Aircroft
Probably Aircroft
Possibly Aircraft

OD Ground-Radar

0 Air-Intercept Rodor

|$. SOURCE

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Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION
not reported

| 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9%. COURSE

one

Other

Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

5g:o ooo ooa aod

Southerly

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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Obj that looked like star with light

dlue tinge. No twinkle.

Ooserved at

60-79 deg elevation in East. Obj on

Soutnerly flight.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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11. COMMENTS

ECHO was over San Jose at 729PM PST

on 26 Sep heading SE, North of

the city at 54 deg elevation. Error in
reported time of about one hour. Possible
error in conversion to 7, time. Obj has

all characteristics of Satellite observation
However, there is a discrepancy inthe time
and the duration was not reported. Case
listed es Insufficient Data.

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UNCLAS

UNIDENT. OBJECT SIGHTING 229 (TT
lo OBJECT LOOKED LIKE STAR WITH LIGHT BLUE TINGE WITHOUT TWINQeE——

DIMMED THEN BRIGHTENED THEN FaDED OUT.

2. VIEWED 3Y OBSERVER IN SAN JOSE, CALIF AT 69 DEGREE - 79 DEGREE
ALTITUDE FROM HORIZON TO THE EAST PROCEEDING ON SOUTHERLY COURSE.

3, GROUND - VISUAL.

4, 270859 - 93192.

So SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA,

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