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Shafter, California, August 1956

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

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD , DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS XWas Balloon 15 Augnst 1956 Shafter, California 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TiME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION XGround.Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft Local 口 ProbablyAircroft 口 Possibty Aircraft Air-Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astrononicol OYes 口 Prebably Astronomicol ONo 口 Possibiy Astronomicol Goc.obsaryer 7.LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficien:Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown inutes 10.SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS white object observed OV wing rp ppeared loon fn oft. obsery fore itdisappe V26SEP52)

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