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P.AC6R TRACKING OF'UNIDE~TIFIEO OBJECT FLIGHT IS

ACKING O~UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT FLIGHT IN . . . ,
PPRCXIlVATElY 35 KI m4 f T ERS l\:CRH·WEST O f ' " LIar au'.'
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WESTWARD I .S E ~T 1~2. HRS \-it-EN .It-E ALTITUDE WAS 2J~000 METERS;

15513 HR·S. td TT] .Fl. ..& n.

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~AS 18,000 ~ETERS AND FINALLY TO T~E LAS, NOTED POSITION
UNTCHTlfIEC.r FLYING OBJE.CT SPEED WAS
-COMPUTED FROM CI-lA~T. 2. ALTbOUGH TI-;E FLYING DeJECT WAS I\OT I(JENTIFIED, 11 \oIAS
INFERRED TO HAVt eeEN • BALL~C~ r~ THE BASIS Of ITS ALTITUDES AND OTHER
E AT

CONDITIONS. )~LASSIFIED BY RECCPQEC REPCRTING CFFICER. EXEMPT FRO~ GENERAL

DECLASSIFICATION,SChEDUlE CF f. O. 11652. EXE~PTION CATEGO~Y 5EH2J. IMPOSSIBLE
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AND 6V' Kt"H \-!AS TPACKED t\QRTHWARD FROM . . . . . . . . . . ., . AT ~813 HRS TO . . . .
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FLYING OBJECTS wEPE NOT AEAILABLF. ~S THEIR TRACKING WA A~READY IN PROGRESS WHEN
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'CLASSIFIED BY RECORl)ED PE?CRTlt--G (FFICE~. EXH'FT fROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
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CONDITIONS.)~~lASSIFleD BY RECORDED REPORTING (FFICER. EXEMPT FROM GENERAL
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FOLLOWIf\G INFORMATION·HAS B!;:EN

UNIDENTJF!En-OBJEC~ p
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EITHER TR~CKEO OR SPOTTED AS FuLLOWS: 1. A BALLOON
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8. AN ~t:ilO.E!lIIlfl.E..o-flYl~LQ.aJ.liI .AT
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DEC LAS SI FIe er ION SCl-·q~DUlE CF E. 0.11652. ·tXEMPTIUN CA TEGOR·Y 5B { 21 • IMPOSSIBLE
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