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Brainerd, Minnesota, November 1956

Date of account
1956-11
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Ballaon 14 November 1956 Brainerd, Minnesota 口 Probably Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local XxGround-Vi sual 口 Probably Aircraft 14/1530Z GMT. D AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYos 口 Probably Astronomicol X No Civilian 口 Possibly Astroromical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口,Othor 以XInsufficiont Doto for Evaluotion 口 Unknown one minute one descending 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object oblong, size of basketball Insufficient data. However, color silver on top and bottom. Bladk this is very possibly a stripe in center. Object was descend- balloon released from general ing to ground out of view. Mills, Raven Industries or some other local research organization. ATIC F

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