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Pretoria, South Africa, July 1956

Date of account
1956-07
Location
Pretoria, South Africa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 24_July1956 Pretoria, South Africa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probobly Aircraft DAir-Visual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical xkYesnot received 口 Probably Astronomical Pretoria,Press 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Hoax DXInsufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS see IR. Photo similar to light fixture. Phobgrapher member of South African Interplanetary Society. ATICFORM329(REV 25SEP 52)

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