USAF record 28967217 (1956)
28967217
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 28 August 1956
2. LOCATION Buffalo, New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 28/0500Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS Yes [X]No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION one hr/30 mins
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE one | northwest
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round orange object, size of a basketball, resembled an ordinary star / naked eye. Through binoculars a small crater was noticed & the object appeared to emit fiery gas from the bottom. Object sighted at 300 deg azimuth at a very high altitude. Object was heading in a north-westerly direction. Object was visually & through binoculars for one hour. Object disappeared by fading out of sight.
11. COMMENTS: Concur with source in considering Mars as the cause for the sighting.
STAMP: ATIC FORM 339 (REV 26 SEP 52)
[CONCLUSIONS] Was Balloon [ ] Possibly Balloon [ ] Was Aircraft [ ] Possibly Aircraft [ ] Was Astronomical [ ] Mars [ ] Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown
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