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Charleston, South Carolina, December 1955

Date of account
1955-12
Location
Charleston, South Carolina
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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 31Dec 55 Charleston, South Carolina 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground Visual Ground-Rador 口 Was Aiicraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 31/2230Z Ai~Viswal D Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYos 口 Probably Astronomicol 口 Possibly Astronomical civilian 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. Bx Insufficiont Doto for Evgluation 口 Unknowm 20-25min N-Vert-S 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS 1 Yellow,red flaming obj,elongated in H Venus not visibbe, possible balloon or shape, no sound, appeared to be exhaust astro 8ighting. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR trail, obj appeared high & slow. EVAIUATION. ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)

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