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USAF record 28968450 (1956)

28968450

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 25 November 1956

2. LOCATION Tupelo, Mississippi

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 26/05432

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

5. PHOTOS [X] Yes [X] No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ten minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE S to W to NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One round (turning to crescent-shaped) object, color of bright orange on one side and dark orange on the other, size of a quarter at arm's length. Object started in South and circled to the west and disappeared in the Northwest. Object was observed visually for ten minutes.

11. CONCLUSIONS [ ] Was Balloon [ ] Probably Balloon [ ] Possibly Balloon

[ ] Was Aircraft [ ] Probably Aircraft [ ] Possibly Aircraft

[ ] Was Astronomical [ ] Probably Astronomical [ ] Possibly Astronomical

[ ] Other/Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

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