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Atlantic, Iowa, August 1956

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Wus Balloon 15 August 1956 Atlantic, Iowa 口 Probobly Boiioon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF O9SERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probcbly Aircraft 0230Z OAir-Visual 口 Air-Intercept Radar XPossibly'Aircroft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probobly Astronomicoi 口 Possibly Astrunomicol DNo Ciyilia 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation Unknown ainute BRIEF SUMMARY QF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS the uration & manner of disappearadce bgth, D the possibility ofan 06 dgr' Evaluated as possible *pe20 Oniwa one ATIC FORM 329(REV 26 SRP 52)

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