Potma, USSR, August 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-08
- Location
- Potma, USSR
- 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 onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon August (niddle) 1956 Potma,USSR 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1600 Was Aircraft Locol. GroundVisuol Ground-Rodar 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT D Ai~Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aY. 口 Probably Astronomicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE axothoLenticular Clou 口 Insufficient Data forEvaluotion 口 Unknown 45 minutes 3-4 varied 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Several spheres viewed by prisoners. Possibly lenticular clouds from Changed lignter and darker. Bright the limited data presented.A/C blue cloudless day. Objects in Sw at and missiles ruled oit 45 dgr elevation.Golden color about Maxwell AFB, ATTN: Aerospnce Dircor 7 大 50 cm in diameter.2-3 smaller sphe
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