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East Danville, Illinois, August 1956

Date of account
1956-08
Location
East Danville, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 12 August1956 East.Danville,illinois 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Loca! 口 ProboblyAircraft 12 0600Z GMT. DAirVisual Air-lnterceptRadar D PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astranomica! DYes 口 Probably Astronomical DNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other.- Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown thirty minutes one westerly 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One roundbright glowing obie with Possible Astro body red hue,the size a baseba However, there is insuffieient arn's Objeet hadare data for an evaluation. onono and an intense beam from seem west ATIC FORM329(REV26SEP52

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