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WASHINGTON, D.C., December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS MASHINIg 口 Was Balloon 10 Decemb34 1956 Anacostia, D.C 口 Probably Balloon αXPossi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft XXGround.Visuol 口 Probably Aircraft 11/0235Z Air-Visual Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Was Astronomical DYes 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15 minutes one SE & hovering 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object oval but flat,larger Sighting described characteris- than a basketball,color white tic of wx balloon. turning orange. observer glanced up and saw obj for about l5 minutes. Object disappeared when observer made call to report sighting. At least four a/c in area over Bolling Field. ATIC

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