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Columbus, Ohio, June 1956

Date of account
1956-06
Location
Columbus, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 17June 1956 Columbus,Ohio 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1630 EST XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local KxProbably Aircraft 17/2130Z Air-lntercept Radar DPassibly Aircraft GMT Air-Visual 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astroromical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XDNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unkno wn 3-4 seconds 2 0r3 SW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 111.COMMENTS 2 or 3 objectssize of pencil,color From the meager information given of flashbulb. Objects solid and in this report it is indicative straight,flashed on then off solid that the object or objects rptd overcast. were probably a/c that disappearpd in the overcast. observation from inside of house through windo

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