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Kuopio, Finland, August 1956

Date of account
1956-08
Location
Kuopio, Finland
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 19 August 1956 Kuopio,Finland 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2100 口 Was Aireraft Locol xGround Vi suol Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircraft GMT19/1900Z D Ai~Visud D Air-intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYos 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibiy Astronomicoi ONo Helsinki Newspaper 7..LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Other. Insufficionr Dete forEvaluotion 口 Unknown two hours one unknown 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS News article Flying Saucer Kuopio,Sunday.Late on Saturday night a strange light pheno- Insufficient menon was sighted in the skies over Aata Maxwell AFB, Alabar Aerospace Director K243 Kuopio. The light was visible for morel ATTN: 19-31 than 2 hours and finally disappeared in a cloud. The ball o

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