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Aripeka, Florida, February 1956

Date of account
1956-02
Location
Aripeka, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 12 February 1956 Aripeka,Florida 口 Probably Balioon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar Was Aircraft Local XXGround-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft 13/0210Z D AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical XHO Civilian (GoC) 口 Possibly Astroromicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Other. 口 insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknawn approx l0 min one unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object like a tire or hub- Called hq SAC for possible info cap,red and yellow rotating lights. on this sighting. We were informed Seemed to land or pass over horizon. that there was a B-47 and a KC-97 Seen thru binoculars. in the area of the sigting at the time of the sighting. They were

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