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Fairhaven, Massachusetts, March 1956

Date of account
1956-03
Location
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Vos Boiloon 20 March 1956 Fairhaven, Massachusetts 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibly Bailoon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION xkGround-Visua! D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 21/0132Z Air-Visual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE CxWas Astronomical Venus Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly.Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown 5-l0 mins/possibly morp one WNW 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One mass of brilliance similar to a Concur with the hypothesis of star but ten times as bright. white the reporting officer that this incandescent, changing to a pale red, sighting was undoubtedly gener- to pale orange,then referting to ated by the planet Venus. whie. In all appearances the

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