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Orly AF France, February 1956

Date of account
1956-02
Location
Orly AF France
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. GONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 18 February 1956 Orly AF France 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF.OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 Was Aircraft Local XxGround-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft GMT-18/2020Z XXAirVi suol Air-Intercopt Radar 口 :Po'ssibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE HXwas Astronomical Venus DYes 口 Probably Astronomical ONKEX Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9..COURSE 口,Other- 4hrs radar Ky0A2 Xlnsufficient Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 30 mins visual one Ps5 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING COMMENTS suzi object at 100 elevation Round dot (like a star) size of star. 350oazimuth disappeared at 100 Color changed from white to red to elevation 2700 azimuth.Venus at green and back to white. Color changed 22'56 or about 100 elevation at required 30 seconds for each. Defini- initial

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