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Belvidere, South Dakota, December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
Belvidere, South Dakota
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 2 December 1956 Belvidere, South Dakota 口 Probobly Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 口 Was Aircraft XR Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT.03/0500Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol 口Yes 口 Probably Astronomicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol XXNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. Insufficient Dota for Eraluotion 口 Unknown 10 minutes two not reported 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Two objects round, 2 feet circumfer- Insufficient data for analysis. ance.Color brilliant red, smaller ong seemed to be trailing larger one. Bright light startled observer, disappeared as light turned off. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26 SEP 52)

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