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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 14 July 1954 | 2. LOCATION St. Louis, Missouri | 13. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☑ Other: Balloon ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 0750 GNT 05/1250Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar |   |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 - 5 minutes | …

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A9 Flying Objects
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8. No photographs taken. Sparets revealed no fragments.

9. Object followed by one observer at approximately 5 foot distance. No attempt made to contact.

All observers believed completely reliable. Observers could not identify as any known material. Proximity lands credence to experience.

Latences of report due to this activity having been only recently advised of sighting.

C. H. S. HURPHY

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