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Crestview, Florida, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
Crestview, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 7May 1956 Crestview, Florida 口 Probably Bolloon CxPossi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground.Radar 口 Was Aircraft Locai XxGround-Visual 口 Probably Aircroft 08/0040Z D AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical ONA Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3 minutes one yertical 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object point of light,size head Erratic movement and disappear- of.pin.Color bluish,erratic move- ance by rising indicative of ments to right and left,then straight balloon observation. up. Object seen twice. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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