Amherst, Massachusetts, December 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-12
- Location
- Amherst, Massachusetts
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 5 December 1956 Amherst, Massachusetts!! 口 Wos Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local xround-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 05/2205Z 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT DAir-Visual Air-lntercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE OYes XX KWas Astronomicalm 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 1-3 seconds SW to NW 口 Unknown one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One dark round object, size of a Description,duration,and basketball at arm's length. Object manner of disappearance indi- had an exhaust - ball shaped,taper- cate sighting was probably ing to pencil thin.object was first caused by a meteor. seen at 30 dgr elevation,132 azimuth and disappeared at 30 d
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