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Brockton, Massachusetts, August 1956

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

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS D Wos Balloon 12 August 1956 口 ProbablyBolioon Possibly Boilcon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATICN Ground-Visual DGround.Redor Was Aircraft Locoi 口 Probobly.Aireroft GMT2/0500Z DAir-Visual Air-lntetceptRadcr D PossiblyAircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D WosAstranem.ccl Yes xProbobly Astronemicol D-No Civilian Possibiy Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION S.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Cthar- 口 Insufficient Datc for Evaluation Unknown thirty minutes one north 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One oval-shapedobject.appearing as ATIC Form 1e4 was sentto source brilliant light with a thin bright on 16 Aug 56.Information fn tail with a green light. Object was completed form conflicts w/ very small.Object was initially sighted initial rpt on the following at 180 dgrs zzimuth;45dgrselevatior points: and traveled a straight course to 360 L

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