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Maywood, New Jersey, January 1956

Date of account
1956-01
Location
Maywood, New Jersey
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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

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PROJECT.10073 RECORD CARD 1. .DATE 12.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 21 January 1956 Maywood, New Jersey 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0349（N) 口 Was Aircraft Local XXGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 21/0849Z DAirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Meteor. O.Yos XProbably Astronomical ONDX civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OFOBJECTS 1.9..COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15seconds one north IO.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One roundobject size of medicine ball Meteor sighting. Colors yellow, blue and green mixed, Several tails extending behind ball sharply outlined,ball seemed to be gases. ATIC FORM329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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