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Henderson, North Carolina, April 1956

Date of account
1956-04
Location
Henderson, North Carolina
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.CATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 16 April 1956 Henderson, North Carolina 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0500 Local. XxGround-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 16/1000Z GMT D AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Ys 口 Probably Astronomical NX FBI employee 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口Other. Route 1 HKXnsufficient Dota for Evaluation Unknown fleeing glance(l-2 sec) one North-South 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS While driving on Route l near Hender- Interviewed by USAF UFo investi- son, N. C., just before daylight, an gators. On basis of discussions, oval-shaped low flying object suddenly/believe that possibly newspaper, appeared coming towards, then over, large bird (owl,goos

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