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South Africa Victoria West, Cape Province, February 1956

Date of account
1956-02
Location
South Africa Victoria West, Cape Province
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS South Africa 口 Was Balloon 29 February 1956 Victoria West,Cape Proyince 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2110 XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local- 口 Probably Aircraft 29/1910Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE KXWas Astronomical Meteor 口Y…· 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluoticn 口 Unk ne wn six seconds one northerly 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 111.COMMENTS pbject emerging from luminous cloud. Observer right in opinion that Motion included standing still, speed- object was a sort of meteor. ing up, and exploding. No sound.Brigh Excellent observation of bohide。 green. Illuminated countryside. Eherged Brightness illuminate

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