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(near) McChord AFB, Wash., November 1956

Date of account
1956-11
Location
(near) McChord AFB, Wash.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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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 口 Was Balloon 15 November 1956 (near) McChord AFB, Wash 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircraft 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT_16/0452Z XXAirVisuol Air-Intorcept Radar 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol 口Yos Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Military 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dota for Evoluation unknown 口 Unknown three to four seconds one 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object,with white-orange Description,duration, and streamers.object was seen asa flash indicate that this sight- flash in the sky.Object appeared ing was probably caused by a slower than a meteor but faster than meteor. an aircraft.object was seen air- visually for three to four sec

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