1959 02 9078919 Balboabasin Canalzone
PROJECT ONE ZERO ZERO SEVENTY‑THREE, RECORD CARD ONE. DATE FOUR FEBRUARY NINETEEN FIFTY‑NINE. DATE‑TIME GROUP TWO. LOCATION BALBOA BASIN, CANAL ZONE. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: GROUND‑VISUAL, AIR‑VISUAL, RADAR, CIVILIAN. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: TWELVE SECONDS. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: ONE. COURSE: ONE.
- Agency
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Date
- JUL 18 · 2026
- Release
- Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
- Source document
- View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1959-02-9078919-BalboaBasin-CanalZone
Episode notes
PROJECT ONE ZERO ZERO SEVENTY‑THREE, RECORD CARD ONE. DATE FOUR FEBRUARY NINETEEN FIFTY‑NINE. DATE‑TIME GROUP TWO. LOCATION BALBOA BASIN, CANAL ZONE. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: GROUND‑VISUAL, AIR‑VISUAL, RADAR, CIVILIAN. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: TWELVE SECONDS. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: ONE. COURSE: ONE. SUMMARY…
Source document: https://archive.org/details/1959-02-9078919-BalboaBasin-CanalZone
Questions about this case
- What was 1959 02 9078919 Balboabasin Canalzone about?
- PROJECT ONE ZERO ZERO SEVENTY‑THREE, RECORD CARD ONE. DATE FOUR FEBRUARY NINETEEN FIFTY‑NINE. DATE‑TIME GROUP TWO. LOCATION BALBOA BASIN, CANAL ZONE. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: GROUND‑VISUAL, AIR‑VISUAL, RADAR, CIVILIAN. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: TWELVE SECONDS. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: ONE. COURSE: ONE.
- Why was this case declassified?
- This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.
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