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Vicinity of McChord AFB, Wash., April 1956

Date of account
1956-04
Location
Vicinity of McChord AFB, Wash.
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 18 April 1956 Vicinity of McChord AFB,Wash 口 Probobly Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XXGround-Vi sual Ground·Radar 口 Was Aircraft QXProbobly Aircraft 18/0822Z AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Y·. 口 Probably Astronomicol Unknown (Civilian probably) 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation three minutes then three circling 口 Unknown one 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One then three round objects,described Aircraft landing at the time as being similar to automobile head- of the sighting. Aircraft was lights at 2 blocks distance, appeared circling, landed three mins to circle,then disappear behind after sighting. Duration sub- trees.

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