USAF record 28967052 (1956)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 19 August 1956

2. LOCATION Kuopio, Finland

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2100 GMT 19/1900Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS No

6. SOURCE Helsinki Newspaper

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION two hours

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING News article Flying Saucer Kuopio, Sunday. Late on Saturday night a strange light phenomenon was sighted in the skies over Kuopio The light was visible for more than 2 hours and finally disappeared in a cloud The ball of light which approached Kuopio at 2100 looked exactly like the phenomenon seen in Kuopio during mid-summer.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown [HW: Insufficient Data for Evaluation] [STAMP: K2436D] [STAMP: 19-31 Aug 1956]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 53)