Mechanicsburg, Ohio, July 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-07
- Location
- Mechanicsburg, Ohio
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS nX Was Balloon 27July1956 Mechanicsburg, Ohio 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIMEGROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local 0403 XGround-Visuol Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircroft 27/0943Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probably Astronomicai KNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 ,Other 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 5minutes one NE/45 dgrs 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS lobject resembling a flat shaped Location approximately 30-35 light bulb,approximately size of miles from wx balloon site and grapefruit from where objectoserved. slightly NE. Winds aloft at that Moved NE and disappeared. time generally from the west at 25-35 knots. This wouid bring ballonn directly over or
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