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Cationsville, Maryland, August 1956

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 7August 1956 Cationsvilie,Maryland 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft OGround-Visuo! O Ground-Radar Local 口 Probably Aircrcf? 口 Possibly Aircraft 08/01122 DAinVisual D Air-lntercept Rador GMT 6.SOURCE 口 Was Asironomicai Meteor 5.PHOTOS Probobiy Astronomica! CYes 口 Possibly Astronomicoi Civilian (GOC) DNo 8.NUMSER OP OSJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Insufficiont Data for Evalugtion 口 Unknowm one west to east 11.COMMENTS IO.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Very scanty details of sighting one whiteobject withtrail Observed west to indicate possibility of meteor. on Moved 40o feetand Eyauationis"Probably Meteor. ATIC FOR329(REV25SEP 52)

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