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Lubbock, Texas, October 1956

Date of account
1956-10
Location
Lubbock, Texas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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 25 0ctoberr1956 口 Wos Balloon Lubbock,Texas 口 Probably Bulloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bulloon Locol 只Ground-Visuol Ground-Rodor 口 Wos Aircraft 26/0305Z 口 Probobly Aireraft GMT. D AirVisual D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE OYes Was Astronomicol ME 口 Probably Astronomical aNo Military & Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 口 Othor 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation one to three secs 口 Unknown ouo vertical 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Ono bluish-wlite to dull orange tear Duration,description,manner of shaped objeet -- size indeterminate. aisappearance, indicate that this Object had a slight trail & appeared sighting was cuased by a meteor. like a Roman Candle or flare.Object dropped vertically & disappeared by burning

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