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Tehchapi, California, October 1956

Date of account
1956-10
Location
Tehchapi, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon Probabiy Bolloon Tehchapi,California 口 Possibly Bolloon 17 0ctober 1956 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aireraft 3.DATE-TIME GROUP OGround.Visual D Ground-Rodur 口 Probobly Aircrof! Local 口 Possibly Aircroft D Air-Intercept Rador 17/1029Z D AirVisual 口 Was Astronomical GMT 6.SOURCE Probably Astronomicol 5.PHOTOS Possibly Astronomical OYes Civilian XO No 口 Other 9.COURSE 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Westorly & 口 Unknown descending one twenty two minutes 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object viewed oberhead and moving One red egg-shaped object,size of dime west too fast for astro body. at arm's length. Object was initially var' Bobbing motion, slow descent, sighted directly overhead at looo foet iable winds, and duration indicate altitude.Object was moving to th

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