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Gassoway, West Virginia, December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
Gassoway, West Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 30 December 1956 Gassoway, West Virginia 口 Probobly Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XkGround.Visual 口Ground-Radar XXWas Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft DAirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT-30/0700Z 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Yes 口 Probobly Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical XQNo Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown one minute four SW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Four round red objects, size of a Concur with reporting officer silver dollar at arm's length.Object that this sighting was caused was seen flying Sw at looo feet by an a/c known to b e in the overhead.Object was seen visually area. for one minute. ATIC FORM329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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