Richmond, Virginia, April 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-04
- Location
- Richmond, Virginia
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 21 April 1956 Richmond,Virginia Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local. XXGround-Visual DGround·Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT_21/1539Z to 1836Z XB AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS SOURCE D Was Astronomicai Civilian five people GOC 口 Probably Astronomical DXNO Military - two people - GOC Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown approximately one hour one northeast 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object,round on top boming to a Concur with the Commander, point at the bottom, size of a basket Richmond Air Defense Filter ball at arm's length,light translu- Center, that this sighting cent silvery color, and appeared to was undoubtedly caused
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