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Scott, AFB, ILLINOIS, January 1956

Date of account
1956-01
Location
Scott, AFB, ILLINOIS
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 3 January 1956 Scott,AFB.ILiiNoiS 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1930 CST Local 双round-Visual D Ground-Rodar 口 Wos Aircraft 口 Probably Aircroft 04/0130Z Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. AirVisual 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Meteor Yes XX Probably Astronomicol XXNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data fer Evaluctien 口 Unknown 3 seconds one overhead 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Circular, orange object with tail Meteor sighting. (green) l0 times length of body,no sound, gradual climb at high speed. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP S2)

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