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Columbus, Ohio, March 1956

Date of account
1956-03
Location
Columbus, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 5 March 1956 Columbus,Ohio 口 Probably Ballcon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Locol DKGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably,Aircraft GMT. 05/2255Z Air-Visuol DAir-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly'Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probabiy Astranomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol beacon.light 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE rxother-roftoction 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation two stationary 口 Unknown 15 minutes 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING COMMENTS Round obiect two inches in diameter Reflection of ground light. at arms length.Color yellow. No sound,no exhaust, faded from sight. Wx, thunderstorms in area. Beacon lights in area. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26 SEP 52)

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