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USAF record 302581326 (1968)

302581326

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

FORM FTD SEP 43 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 11/1/68 11 December 1968 15Z

2. LOCATION Near Clayton, Alabama

3. SOURCE Civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [REDACTED] Minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

7. COURSE East

8. PHOTOS D Yes XX No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE D Yes XX No

[HW:] All winds from surface to 80 Thousand feet were basically easterly. [HW:] There is no reason why the object could not have been a upper air balloon.

[STAMP:]

BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: The observer sighted an object that was the color of clear plastic except for a dark patch at one end. The object appeared bigger than a ordinary weather balloon at high altitude and when overhead appeared to be rotating slow and had what appeared to be a dark Gondola underneath.

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