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USAF record 28968462 (1956)

28968462

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 26 & 27 November 1956

2. LOCATION Kadoka, South Dakota Clear Lake, South Dakota

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 27/0512Z GMT: 27/0655Z

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

5. PHOTOS [REDACTED]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION one and one half hours

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one closing

9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object was red, blue, green, and white in color and the size of a baseball at arm's length. Object was first seen at 35 dgr elevation and disappeared at 60 dgr elevation after rising in elevation and moving from 100 dgr azimuth. Object faded from sight after having been observed visually & through binoculars (8x40 power) for 13 hours,/2 One red to green egg-shaped object size of grapefruit at arm's length Obj last seen at 35 elev,270 dgr zzi Changed directions fast no set pattern Visually & thru binoculars.

11. COMMENTS Mars at 265 dgr azimuth about 20-30 dgr elevation setting at 0830Z.

STAMP: ATIC FORM 139 (REV 26 SEP 57)

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [HW: Was Balloon] Probably Balloon [HW: Probably Balloon] Was Aircraft [HW: Was Aircraft] Probably Aircraft [HW: Probably Aircraft] Was Astronomical [HW: Was Astronomical] Possibly Astronomical

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