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Dayton, Ohio, October 1956

Date of account
1956-10
Location
Dayton, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 23 0ctober 1956 Dayton,ohio 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF O3SERYATION 2145 EST(N) XD.Ground.Visual Was Aircroft Locol DGround-Rodar 口 Probably Aircroft 24/0245Z Air-Visual D Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT..... 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Mars Probably Astronomical XONo Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE D Othor. stationary Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 20 mins/stiil in sight ouo in South IO.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object sharply outlined,size of Mars at 210dgr azimuth 55dgr a nickel. Had a red glow.Object was elevation approximating posi- more or less stationary but seemed to tion of reported object. move fast at time and was still in siglt at time of rpt. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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