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OTIS AFB, Massachusetts, July 1956

Date of account
1956-07
Location
OTIS AFB, Massachusetts
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 17 July 1956 OTIS AFB,Massachusetts 口 Was Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Probcbly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local Ground-Visuol Ground.Radar 18/0342Z 口 WosAircraft GMT 口 ProboblyAircroft 5.PHOTOS RxAir-Visuo! Air-lntercept Radar 口 PossiblyAirctaft 6.SOURCE DYes 口 Was Astrcnomicol XXNo Military 口 Probobly Astronomicci 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Astronomicai 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- Insufficient Data for Evaluation 40 minutes one 口 Unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object circular light. Color Probable astro sighting. white exending yellow. Speed Positional data not included. comparable to that of Ec 12l.object No identification attempted on appeared to at times reverse course limited data. without any discernible means of banking or turning. object climbed to 20000feet & fa

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