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McChord AFB, Washington, January 1956

Date of account
1956-01
Location
McChord AFB, Washington
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT.10073 RECORD CARD .,DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 23 January 1956 McChord AFB,.Washington 口 Probably'Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was AircraftMeteor Local xkGround-Vi sual Ground-Radar 旺XProbably Aircraft 23/1800Z Possibly Aircraft GMT AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Wos Astronomical Lie O-Yos Probably Astronomical XPNO 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown lminute one unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Circular disc. l 1/2 feet in diameter. Limited data, Evaluation based Smaller than the moon,fire, red, upon description of object. fuszy and emitted flames. Traveled Meteor. in level line into clouds. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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