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Near Cedar City, Utah, September 1955

Date of account
1955-09
Location
Near Cedar City, Utah
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UF0B-297-55 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUS1ONS SEPT 30g55 Noar Cedar City, Utah 中 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Local Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 30/1800z Sep 55 口 Probobly Aircraft AirVisual Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE. 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical 石No Civilian (4) 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Approx two (2) hours One (1) Stationary 口 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One (l), Squara, silver objoot, the aixe of Proparing Orfioer beliovedthia objeot a grapefmuit held at arma length, Been by 4 to be a balloon.A oheck of MdH traokirgs obseryors, two of whioh hold a "mental con- rovealed that MDH balloon # 8lw was ovor voraation" with the obje

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