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Manatowish Waters, Wisconsin, March 1956

Date of account
1956-03
Location
Manatowish Waters, Wisconsin
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 5 March 1956 Manatowish Waters, Wisconsihq Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TiME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon XKGround-Visuol Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 ProboblyAircraft GMT- 06/0250Z Air-Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE xWas Astronomical VeCtiS Yes 口 Civilian (GOC) 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE 口,Othar 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15to20 minutes one descending 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object,50 times the size This sighting was generated by of a star, bright whtie,hazy around the planet Venus. The descrip- the edges. First seen at an azimuth tion of the object tin the sky 270 dgr and at an angle of elevation is the location of the planet of 45 dgrs.Disappeared at 270 dgr at an //venus,

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