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Cape May, New Jersey, November 1956

Date of account
1956-11
Location
Cape May, New Jersey
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 19 Noyember 1956 Cape May.New Jersey 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircroft 19/0610Z GMT D Ai~Visuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE XxWas Astronomicol DYes 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evoluation 口 Unknown ten to fifteen aeconds one NE to SW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One large blue fire ball,20 feet in Description,duration,flight diameter or the size of a volleyball at path and manner of disappearance half a mile.Object left a bluish trail indicate sighting was caused by object left,or there was,an undescrib- a meteor. able odor in the air unlike ozone burn-

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