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Dixon, California Walnut Creek, California, March 1956

Date of account
1956-03
Location
Dixon, California Walnut Creek, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Dixon, California Was Balloon 22. March 1956 Walnut Creek,Califonnia 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local. XkGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircroft GMT-22/1815Z D Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYos 口 Probabiy Astronomical CNGX Civilian 口 Possibiy Astroromical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口.Othsr lst sighting: l-2 min 口 Insufficiony Data forEvaluation 口 Unknown 2nd sighting: unknown one NW then NE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One gpherical object,the size of a A check with HEDADC revealed head of a match held at arms length that two balioons were launched white in coior, first appeared to be at Vernaliis,California,on the heading northwest and then changing day of the

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