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Newport, Rhode Island, April 1956

Date of account
1956-04
Location
Newport, Rhode Island
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 5 April 1956 Newport, Rhode Island 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP KxPossibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XiXGround-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT. 05/1730Z D AirVisual Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yos 口 Probably Astronomical XQNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astroriomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. seen in north 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown five minutes one prob stationar 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One circular object, the size of a Received by letter. Bue to large grapefruit heid at arm's length the description of the object silver in color, appeared in the and the fact that the color of north at an azimuth of appooximately the object compares with pibald 350 dgrs and

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