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80 KM Sw of Winston Salem North Carolina, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
80 KM Sw of Winston Salem North Carolina
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS SO KM SW of 口 Was Balloon 14May1956 Winston Salem North Carolina 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local Ground-Visual 口 Probobly Aircraft 14/1400Z XXAirVi suol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Venus Yes 口 Probobly Astronomical BXPossibly Astronomical military 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 35 minutes one stationary 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round cylindrical object size Astro (venus) see case file. of pencil eraser, color silvery white - clean and white edges contrasted with blue sky - in flight surveillance. Object stationary. Object was seen by all five members of the thunderbird acro team - believed to be an astro

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