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CASE REFERENCE6959198

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONTravis County Texas

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1, DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
30 April 1955 Travis County, Texas O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION eon
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Local __ XM Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
GMT 30/13302 - 0 Air- Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar |9 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE QO Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XKNo Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ~ | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9%. COURSE 0, Oho UNIDENTIFIED
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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pencil eraser at arm's length, flying
in a cluster, traveled a wide angle
of observation in the sky and
disappeard to the wast. A "shooshing"
sound accompanied this sighting and
initially attzacted the observer's
attention to these objects.

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1 195 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Q Was Balloon
ry Travia County, 2 Texns QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIM bill s 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
Loca A/OTH0 April 1955 | KGreund-Visuel «Ol Ground-Reder + Bruce aiveratt
GMT 30/1330 April 1955 _ . 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar Passibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes ) O Probably Astronomical
D4 Ne Mili tary O Possibly Astronomical
‘J. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ~ 18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
Your (4) black objects, about the size of a Dus to the brevity of sighting and a
pencil graser at arms length, flying ina delay in the forwarding of the pre=

cluster, traveled a wide angle of observatioy liminary report, no investigation was
in the aky and disappeared 'to the east. A authorized,
"ahooshing" Sound accompanied this sighting
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