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Oxford, Pennsylvania, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
Oxford, Pennsylvania
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 4May 1956 Oxford, Pennsylvania 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2335 Local. Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft XXGround-Yisual 口 Probobly Aircraft 05/0435Z D AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Y.s 口 Probably Astronomical XXNo Civilian, FBI Report 口 Possibly Astroromical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 口,Other. KXinsufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown not reported one SE 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Report received by ATIC in Jan 57. Submitted too late to take Source states solid bright yellow positive immediate follow-up light observed at about 20o0 ft in thp action. Duration not rptd air. Appeared to travel same speed Speed indicates possible a/c as his car. No noise. Twice as bright

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