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Kent, Ohio, August 1956

Date of account
1956-08
Location
Kent, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Wos Balloon 口 Probably Bolloon Kent,Ohio 口 Possi bly Balloon 27 August 1956 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Wos Aireraft 3.DATE-TIME GROUP Ground-Rodar XD Ground-Visual Local 口 D Ai~Visuol D Air-Intercept Rodar GMT_27/1750Z 口 Was Astronomicol 6.SOURCE 口 Probobly Astronomical 5.PHOTOS 口 Possibly Astronomical OiYes Military (GoC) XONo 口 Other- 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 口 Unknown southwest one two minutes 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Shape,size color, speed dura- One silver cigar-shaped object, one tion of sighting indicate the half inch long visually and three probability of an a/c. inches long through binoculars. Object was sharp on one end and blunt on the other,object moved at about 120 MPH a a very low altitude in a southvestaly direction.object was in view f

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