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Stanton, Nebraska, July 1956

Date of account
1956-07
Location
Stanton, Nebraska
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 Was Balloon 5July1956 Stanton,Nebraska 口 Probably Balloon Ox Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 06/0500z D AirVisual 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT D Air-lntercept Radar 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XDKNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiant Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown still in sight at rpt one drifting SSW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round yellow object,the size Description & bobbing indicate of a baseball held at arms length, balloon. Although winds-aloft acting like a light on a balloon, were generally from the West, bobbing & drifting Ssw. Object still note that the wind at 10,000ft in sight at time bf report. wa

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