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Albany, New York, September 1956

Date of account
1956-09
Location
Albany, New York
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 20 September 1956 Albany, New York Probably Bolloon D Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 Was Aircraft Local D Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircrof! 21/0147Z D AirVisuol D Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft GMT. 5..PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol OYos 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown ten minutes one SE to E 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round white object the size of a Wind &hoveringindicate Softball at arm's length.Object hovered the strong probability of and rose then moved SE to E at a high a balloon.Evaluated as rate of speed.wind at 25,0oo feet reported possibly balloon. at 230 dgr and.107 KPG velocity.0bjedt was observed visu

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