Rapid City, South Dakota, November 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-11
- Location
- Rapid City, South Dakota
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon Rapid City. South Dakota Probably Bolloon 8 November 1956 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aireraft Local Xa Ground-Visual 口 Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aireraft 09/0233Z Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT D Ai~Vi sual S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Wa. Astronomical Meteor 口 Probobly Astronomieel Possibly Astronomleel XKNO Miliaary 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 7.LENOTH OP OBSERYATION Ineufficiont Dete for Evaluotion 口 Unkno wn eight to ten seconds one SE to ESE 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object, shaped like flame from jet Probable meteor sighting. fighter with afterburner on,colored blue at head,shading into orange at tail.obj appeared 5 to 10 feet long fm approx one mile.Obj was seen as a flame trail--no solid obj was visible. Obj was observed flying at a very hi
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