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Casablanca, Morocco, April 1956

Date of account
1956-04
Location
Casablanca, Morocco
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 5April 1956 Casablanca, Morocco 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local_ 2015 XGiound-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircroft 05/2015Z D AirVisual Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibiy Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DKxWas Astronomical Meteor DY.. 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol XNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 RPTS 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other. 口 Insufficiont Dota for Evaluation 1. not trptd/few seconds 口 Unknown 2-3 one West 2 menutes 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Two reports of firey object, one by Meteor report. Additional employee of meteorological station rpt probable exaggeration at Casablanca Airport. Described as of meteor, which initiated round firey ball orange in color the report. bluish on edge. East-West flig

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