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USAF record 28967629 (1956)

28967629

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 21 September 1956

2. LOCATION Ellwood, Pennsylvania!!!

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 21/1915Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [X] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS [X] Yes [ ] No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION sixty-one minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS [REDACTED]

9. COURSE NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One cube-shaped object, three feet square, was not estimated 3,000 feet. Object moved up and northeast. Obj disappeared at estimated 10,000 ft. Obj was seen visually through 16 x 50 binoculars for 61 minutes.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)

12. CONCLUSIONS [X] Was Balloon [ ] Possibly Balloon [ ] Possibly Balloon [X] Was Aircraft [ ] Probably Aircraft [ ] Possibly Aircraft [X] Was Astronomical [ ] Possibly Astronomical [ ] Possibly Astronomical Other: Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

[STAMP:] Duration, winds, and description of sighting indicate that sighting caused by a balloon (probably).

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