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Washington, D.C., November 1956

Date of account
1956-11
Location
Washington, D.C.
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 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 28 November 1956 Washington,D.C. 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possi bly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Xx Ground-Visual ,Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 28/1100Z D AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Yes 口 Probably Astronomical XN Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown ten minutes one North 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object dome shaped, size of large Of preparing officer, ll2 possi- beach umbrella,color white. Observer ble light fefraction, However, first noted object through her bed- there is not sufficient data for room window. Watched object for 5 min- a firm evaluation. utes as it moved north and disappeared Shrot

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