Lake Andes, South Dakota, January 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-01
- Location
- Lake Andes, South Dakota
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 1:DATE 2.LOCATION X Wos Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 30 January 1956 Lake Andes South Dakota 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Local 口 Probably Aircraft 口 Possibly Aircraft 30/2330Z D AinVisual Air-Intercopt Radar GMT- 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical 5.PHOTOS 口口 Probably Astronomical DYes Possibly Astroriomical Civilian XKO 9.COURSE 口 Other. 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 lnsufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unkno wn stationary more than one hour one 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Concur with the opinion of the One ball shaped object,the size of a reporting officer that this half dollar held at arms length, silver sighting was generated by a in color and looked like a weather weather balloon, probably of balloon. There was no discernible the radiosonde type. fligh
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