PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340304

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONNorth Platte Nebraska

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1956 0 Wos Balloon
18 January 1908 North Platte, Nebraska 0 Probably. Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Ballaon
Local _ round-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 18/2345Z (N) AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar o Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE XX Was Astranamical Venus
Yes Probably Astronomical
0 Civilian Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF . NUMBER O QBJECTS BJECTS .COURSE COURSE ,Other. ,Other
descending 0 Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data for Evaluation Evaluation
. two hours one Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round in middle, rods ticking out, Duration and motion to west as Duration and motion to west as
size of basebali, silver size of basebali, silve color, well as distorted appearance well as distorted appearance
yellow and green colors yellow and green colors coming out given object indicate observation given object indicate observatior
at top, no sound. oi astronomical body. Any planet
on ecliptic from 22h to 24h with
magnitude of -I would conform to
characteristics of this observa-
tion, Venus was at 22h 10', mag
-3.4.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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ROU2 IN 'I DLE RODS STICKING OUT
PASETALL
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45 DEGREES OF GROUND
C UNK SFINNED OUT OF SIGHT
D HEADED WEST AT SLOW SPEED AND WAS RED ON BOTH EDS BRIGHT IN CTR
E DECENDING OUT OF SIGHT
TWO HRS AND RT MIN
* GROUND VISUAL
HINOCULARS
UNY
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