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USAF record 28956289

28956289

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 15 September 53 16/08/52 - 16/08/52

2. LOCATION Rapid City, South Dakota

3. SOURCE [REDACTED]

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS No

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1. 30 Minutes 2. [ILLEGIBLE] Minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Based

7. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE]

8. PHOTOS No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE No

10. CONCLUSION 1. BALLOON 2. Astronomical (SPW) Scheduled weather balloon launch at Rapid City at 0200Z (under [ILLEGIBLE] & Rainstorms). Sources are not considered to be good ones. The flash observation was probably the result of balloon and/or its payload.

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object which appeared to change from red to amber traveled east and south from No-3. Object appeared to disappear below hill. Approx 4 hours later, two of the observers stated that he observed the same object hovering over Sudive-In Novi.

FORM FTD SEP 63 O-329 (TDE) Previous versions of this form may be used

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