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UFO. United States

ID #1600784481
Added Tue, 22/09/2020
Author July N.
Sources
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
30.08.1973
Location: 
GA
United States

Reports of unidentified flashing lights from a vast area of South Georgia were sent over the state-wide police communications network shortly after midnight and into the early hours of the morning. On August 31, the Military authorities in the area were notified. 

A duty officer at Robins air force base, Macon, said the reports will be processed by the air police, "who will conduct all investigations of UFO reports."…

"The objects changed color as they moved through the night, flashing blue, yellow, and green."

Original news

Date: August 30 1973
Location:  S. GA
Time:  Midnight
Summary:  Reports of unidentified flashing lights from a wide area of south Georgia were sent over the state-wide police communication network shortly after midnight and into the early morning of August 31. Military authorities in the area were notified. The duty officer at Robins AFB, Macon, said that the reports will be handled by the air police, “who make all investigations of UFO reports.”… “The objects changed colors as they moved through the night, flashing blue, yellow, and green.”
Source: Chicago Daily News, Sat.-Sun., Sept. 1-2, 1973. Albany, Ga.

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  • Site: Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Voskhod Payload: Kosmos 583 (Zenit-2M #41, Gektor #41)

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