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Oklahoma, Oklahoma, August 1956

Date of account
1956-08
Location
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCAT!ON 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balioon 5 August 1956 Oklahoma,oklahoma 口 Probobly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OSSERVATION Locai 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Visua! D Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircroft 05/0800Z GMT. D Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft D AirVisual 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical □Yes 口 Prabobiy Astronomical ONo Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Orhor. 口 lnsufficion? Data for Evaluction 口 Unknown three hours one wSw.to Ssw 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One cigar-shaped object hallowed in 1)Tinker AFB,Okla released bal- yellow light.Color was between orange loonw/lightattachedat05/0830z andyellow.Size was about size cf Balloon was tracked to approximatdiy grapetruit when observed through 102oz at which time balloon was binoculars.object appeared to

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