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CASE REFERENCE7340313

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1956

REPORTED LOCATION10Mi Sof Stroud Oklahoma

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‘h DATE. 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
io Woes Balloon
19 January 1956 10 Mi S of Stroud, Oklahoma/® Frobebly Balloon
* -13. DATE-TIME GROUP oS TYPE OF OBSERVATION ae en ae
Local O Ground: Vi sual O Ground-Radar a Probably Alveroft
eur 19/16512. XKAiIre Vi sual D0 Air-Intercept Radar QO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE QO Was Astronomical |
0 Yes ; (XXProbably Astranomical
Ble Military (F84F Pilot) GQ Possibly Astromemicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OP OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O , Other
' 0 Insufficient Deta for Evaluation
O Unknown
three to five seconds | four easterly
. HO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

One large round object, the size of

a bushel basket held at arms length,

with three smaller objects, third
the size of the large object, and

composing the trail of the large obj,

Seen for a period of three to five

seconds. The larger obj was a bril-

liaut emerald green in color in the
center with a lighter shade of green
on the outside. The s malte objects
were white or si ver i color,
Daylight sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Concur with the opinion of the
reporting officer that this
Sighting was probably generated
by a meteor even tho the sight- |
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color, duration, trail and general
circumstances of the sighting lead
to the above conclusion,

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