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This National Security Agency release, Part E of a series of Communications Intelligence (COMINT) reports, is undated and heavily redacted. It contains classified message traffic marked Secret Spoke and Top Secret Umbra. The messages record radar tracking of unidentified flying objects, often several at a time, at altitudes from about 500 to 88,500 feet. Most entries describe the objects as probably balloons. Locations, sources and many dates have been removed.
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CATEGORY = 400 MESSAGE = 03668979 LH #0821 2430801 ZNY MMNSH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED 6. RADAR TRACKING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO): A. 29 AUG 2300-0330, TEN UFO (PROBABLY BALLOONS) MOVED SLOWLY FROM WEST OF TOWARD WEST AND PASSED AND ALT 66,000-85,300 FT. B. 0256-0505, 12 UFO (PROBABLY BALLOONS) MOVED SLOWLY FROM TOWARD SOUTH AND PASSED AND ALT 10,000-15,000 FT. C. 0600-0839, SEVEN UFO (PROBABLY BALLOONS) MOVED SLOWLY FROM WEST OF TOWARD WEST AND PASSED SOUTH OF AND D. 0653-0830, 13 UFD (PROBABLY BALLOONS) MOVED OVER ALT 88,000 FT.
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