Birmingham, Alabama, June 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-06
- Location
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 5 June 1956 Birmingham, Alabama X Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aireraft Local GroundVisuol 口 Probably Aircraft 05/1437Z Xo Air-Visuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibiy Aircroft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol XX No 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 20-30 seconds one South 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Probable balloon sighting. One round circular & flat object approximately 40-50 feet in diameter, 6-8ft thick.Color aluminum or silver,no unusual maneuvers.Dis- appeared climbing to South. ATICFORM329(REV25SEP 52)
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