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Grand Maria, Minnesota, February 1956

Date of account
1956-02
Location
Grand Maria, Minnesota
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 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 18 February 1956 Grand Maria, Minnesota 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aireraft Local 口 Probably Aircroft 19/0142Z DAirVisual DAir-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE X Was Astronomical Meteor Yes 口 Probably Astronomicai Civilian 口 Possibly Astroromical ONXOK 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evalugtion 口 Unknown 3-4 seconds one unknown NE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS l) Object size of pumpkin,color white, ,Color and duration indicate possible meteor sighting. icr wx balloons in area. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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