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Elkhorn, Wisconsin, May 1957

Date of account
1957-05
Location
Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 25 May 1957 Elkhorn, Wisconsin 口 Probubly Balioon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION xkGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircrcit 25/0330 0415Z Air-Visuai D Air-intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronornicai Yes 口 Prabably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicai XOKNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE K口 Othar-flare. l white white fn NW 口 Insufficienr Data for Evaiuation 口 Unknown two minutes 2 red three red fm S 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Three objects circular. Size comparable Two other observers saw only to lights. Color red & white, sound white obj. and believed it to be dimmer than normal noise fm a/c. a flare. Observer thought it was a/c until white object separated fm red objs. AT1C FORM 32

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