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Valley City, N. Dakota, December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
Valley City, N. Dakota
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 1 December 1956 Valley City,N. Dakota 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar D Was Aircraft Local αxround-Vi sual 口 Probably Aircraft 01/0720Z AirVisuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYes Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical ONXOX 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othar. xx Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15 minutes one West 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object round,slightly larger All radio contact was regained than a baseball. Color red to orange after object left the area. at approx 1oo0 ft altitude.Object Association between obj & radio had rapid movements up, down, side- contact not established. ways and hovered. Upon approach of Insufficient d

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