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Bandera, Texas, June 1956

Date of account
1956-06
Location
Bandera, Texas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 18 June 1956 Bandera,Texas 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local S:45CST XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 ProbablyAircroft 19/0245Z D Air-Visual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XANo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMSER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other Searchlights. 7objects 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 25 minutes seen 3 times SE to Sw 10. BRiEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Several objects described as ball of fire at first believed to be meteors but as they seemed to go into forma- tion this idea was discounted. Tbey disappeared behind a hiil and on stunts at speeds of 2000-3000 mph. Last very high. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP S2)

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