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Orlando, Florida, December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
Orlando, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Bolloon 18 December 1956 Orlando, Alorida 口 Probably Bolloon 口 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP Local XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft 19/0330Z GMT D AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol 口Yes 口 Probably Astronomicol XX Civihian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE XX OtherGuided Missile 口 Insufficiont Doto for Evaluotion 口 Unknown one minute 30 secs one climbing 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One white rocket-shaped object Concur with reporting officer appearing as an elongated light that this sighting was caused emitting sparks one half the size by a guided missile. of a dime at arm's length.Fire came from the tail of the exhaust. Object started at the horizon and climb

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