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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 WasBalloon Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! 口 Probably Balloon 2 December 1956 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft 口 Possibly Aircraft 03/0345Z D Air-Visuol Air-Intercept Radar GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomical DYes 口 Possibly Astroromicol Civilian OthProb Searchlight 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 12-l5 minutes one 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Area is heavily populated. Not Observer reports pale gold line (or light),perpendicular to earth, reported by others. Local GCI, Control towers, radar unit etc, which would appear and disappear. States clouds hindered full observa- contacted. Nothing observed at tion. distance. ATIC FORM 329 (RE

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