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400 Mi W of Monterey, Calif., July 1956

Date of account
1956-07
Location
400 Mi W of Monterey, Calif.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 22 July 1956 400 Mi W of Monterey, Calif 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visuol Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobiy Aircroft GM22/1244Z XDAir-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Dx Was Astronomical Meteor Yes 口 Probably Astronomical CNo Civ Airline pilot PAA 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 1 obj broke 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3-4se0 into 3 object South 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object broke into three objects Meteor sighting. faded fm view. Shape - bright light, color green.S Speed of obj slow compared to falling star. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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