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Columbia, Tennessee, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
Columbia, Tennessee
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Bolloon 20 May 1956 Columbia, Tennessee 口 Probably Balloon X Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT20/2315Z AirVisual Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian(GoC) 口 Possibly Astronomicol XDKNO 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE D Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown three to four minutes four or hovering 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Oblong, flat, circular objects, four Description of bojects indicates or more in number, silvery metallic that this sighting was possibly color in a cluster. Appeared as caused by a cluster of balloons. though the sun was reflecting off m Negative radar contact. metallic surfaces. Object

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