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Altus, Oklahoma, September 1956

Date of account
1956-09
Location
Altus, Oklahoma
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT·10073 RECORD CARD T.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 15 Soptember 1956 口 Was Balloon Altus,Oklahoma 口 Probobly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bailoon .Local. Ground-Visual 口 D Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircroft D Ai~Visuol D Air-lntercepl Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DiYes 口 Was Astronomicol Meteor OXProbably Astronomical XaNo Military 口 Possibiy Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION B.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaiuotion twenty to thirty secs 口 Unknown one WNW to S 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object, white like a star, Concur w/rpting officer that the size of a pea held at arm's length sighting caused probably by Object had bluish tail immediately meteor. Size,duration,descrip- behind it turning to an orage color tion and fiight path substantiatc before tapering off.Tail has about th

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