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Hamilton AFB, California, December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
Hamilton AFB, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 13 December 1956 Hamilton AFB,California 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local X区round.Visuol 口 Probably Aircraft 14/0453Z AirVisual D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE X Was Astronomical Meteor 口Yes 口 Probably Astronomicol 口 Possibly Astrorromical xNO Military 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown seconds one 270 dgr 6 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object spherical, size unknown. Probably meteor. Color intense blue-white light. Object in straight line flight path, ·tracking approx 270 dgr. Object directly overhead. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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