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Tacoma, Washington, August 1956

Date of account
1956-08
Location
Tacoma, Washington
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 18 August 1956 Tacoma,Washington 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual DGround-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraf? 19/06072 GMT. O AirVisuol D Air-!ntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DxWas Astronomical Star aYos 口 Probabiy Astronornical OKNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficiontDato forEvaluction 口 Unknown still in sight one westerly 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING m. coMMENTs Limited investigation One round object,size of dime at arm's assigned to Flt-1-A, 4602d AISS on 22 Aug. Additional info is: length. Alternating blue and white 1) obj observed over 1 hr 2)obj color w/intensity increasing and did not disappear, decreasing. Object formed a triangle stopped watehi

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