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Near Murmansk, USSR, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
Near Murmansk, USSR
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.CATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUS1ONS 口 Was Balloon 26May 1956 (?) Near Murmansk, USSR 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION not givan D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local. XGround-Visual 口 Probobly Aircraft AirVisuol Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicai Y·. 口 Probably Astronomicoi ONo Seamen (fm Norwegian Press) 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor Kinsufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15 minutes one unknown 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Crewaboard ship observed round, disc WX stations are located at like object at loo0 meters. After Spitzbergen (Norway) and Bear remaining still for a short period, Island which send up balloons picked up speed and vanished from and radiosondes periodically. sy. Possible that these, risi

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