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Big Bethel, Virginia, September 1956

Date of account
1956-09
Location
Big Bethel, Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Bolloon 9 September 1956 Big Bethel,Virginia Probably Balloon Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2035 to 2055 EST Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor 口 Was Aircraft Local. 品 Probably Aireraft 1c101352 AinVisuol D Air-lntercopt Rodor 口 Possibly Aireroft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Mioon aYo. DX Probobly Astronomical Civilians 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo 7.LENSTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othar. Insufficient Dato for Evoluotion 口 Unknown 20 minutes one 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object crescent shaped like the Sighting was moon according to moon, size of softball to l4-l5 inches. investigating officer. Also Color bright redorgold, as object verified by wx rpt that moon diminished its color would darken to was waning and set at 2il5 hrs deop red. No sound,no tail or

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