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Retsil, Washington, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
Retsil, Washington
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 13 May 1956 Retsil. Washington 口 Probobly Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT 14/06217 Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft XkAirVisuol 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was AstronomicaMeteor Yes 口 Probobly Astronomical civilian uXPossibiy Astronomicol ONKIX 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口,Othor 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown seconds one north 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object, 1 feet in diameter Probably meteor. color white, sighted in NE moving N. Faded out after 4 seconds. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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