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Canton, Springfield, Ohio, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
Canton, Springfield, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Canton, 口 Was Balloon 7May 1956 Alliance,Springfield, Qhio 百 Probabiy Bblloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probobly Aircraft 08/0035 0045Z GMT- D AirVisual Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomicol D-No Civilian and Air Force 口 Possibly Astroromical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Orhor 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation twenty minutes drifting N 口 Unknown one 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS pne round object,the size of a half Due to the driffing,duration, dollar held at arms length,drift- time of day; it is the opinion ing very slowly toward the North. of this hq that this sighting was probably generated by a balloon. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SRP 52)

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