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Canton, Ohio, March 1956

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Boiloon 27 March 1956 Canton,ohio 口 Probably Balloon CKXPossibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 Was Airceaft Local Ground-Rador 口 Probably'Aircraft 27/1230Z DAir-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronoinical 口Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian and AF (005) 口 Possibly Astronomical XQNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMSER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown two minutes one stationary 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round yellow (tinged with silver) Due to the color, the shape, object, the size of a baseball held and d the fact that this sighting at arms length, estimated to be at was made in the daytime,it 2-5 thousand feet altitude. is the opinion of this head- quarters that a balloon was possibly t

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