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Seattle, Washington, April 1956

Date of account
1956-04
Location
Seattle, Washington
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 23April 1956 Seattle,Washington 口 Probobly Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XXGround. Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft 24/0725Z GMT. D AirVisuol Air-lntercept Radar D Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE KxWas Astronomical Meteor 口Y:. 口 Probably Astronomical XRNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- ascendng 口 Insufficiont Dota for Evaluation Unknown seven to ten seconds one toward wSw 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round,white object,one-half The large arc traveled in 7.l0 the size of the moon, looked like seconds indicates a meteor. on the spokes of a bicycle wheel going round & round. The obj appeared to be rising and traveling a course toward the wsw.Seen for 7-10 seconds. It was

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