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Harrisburg, S.Central Pa., March 1956

Date of account
1956-03
Location
Harrisburg, S.Central Pa.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Harrisburg, S.Central Pa: 口 Was Balloon 15_March 1956 and New York City 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local X国 Ground.Visuol □ Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probcbiy Aircrait GM'T 15/0750Z Xa Air-Visual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Xk Was Astronomical Meteor OYes 口 Probably Astranomical Civilian (2 obsvrs were a/c Fi Poeibly Astronomicol ONOX 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 ,Othor 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown fiye seconds one west to east 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object,the size of a wuarter held This headguarters is of the at arms length. Reddish orange in colop.c opinion that this sighting was Bluish white in front with a reddish- generated by a meteor for the orange tail. Appeared as a brillian

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