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Cumberland, Virginia, September 1956

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

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 25 Soptember 1956 Cumberland,Virginia 口 Probably Balloon D Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local X口 Ground-Visual 口 Probobly Aircroft 26/0130Z D AirVisuol D Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly-Aircraft GMT. S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYos 口 Probably Astronomical DNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. O Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 30 minutas overhead 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object of oblong shape and Possible astro sighting.Data square. size of baseball, color too limited for analysis. white whd orange. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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