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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340494

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONAlger Michigan

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

* DATE 2. LOCATION
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12. CONCLUSIONS
Q Was Balloon

Round object size of volley ball at
jarms length. Color red changing to
pink then back to bright red. No
sound, tail, or trail, or exhaust
short tail. Dropped over horizon.
Initial observation 80 dgr elevation
270 dgr azimuth,

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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

Probable a/c

February 1956 Alger, Michigan OQ Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GQ Possibly Balloon
Local 2k Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar ech cc kcniy Kivcraki
GMT 10/0200Z 0 Air Visual O Air-intercept Radar QO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
DNo Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O , Other
| O Insufficient Data for Evaluatian
O Unknown
15 minutes: one Best
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

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/UNCLASSIFIED/DI 8&6. UFOB 1, SHAPE-ROUND, 2, SIZE-SIZE OF A VOLLEY-
BALL HELD AT ARMS LENGTH, 3. COLOR-RED CHANGING TO PINK THEN BACK TO
BRIGHT RED, 4. NO. OF OBJECTS ONE, 5. FORMATION-NONE, 6. DISCERNABLE
FEATURES“NEG, 7. TAIL, TRAIL, OR EXHAUST-SHORT TAIL, 8. SOUND-NEG,

5, UNUSUAL FEATURESNEG, 19. WHY NOTICED-GROUND OBSERVER ON DUTY,

il. INITIAL ELEV AND AZIM-8@ DEG ELEV, AZIM 27% DEF, 12. ELEV AND
AZIM AS OBJECT DISAPPEARED-ON HORIZON, AZIM 272 DEG, 13. TRACK AND
MANEZUVERABILITY - DUE WEST COURSE,14, MANNER OF DISAPPEARANCE-DROPPED
OVER HORIZON, 15. LENGTH OF TIME IN SIGHT-15 MIN, 16. METHOD OF
OBSERVATICN-VISUAL, 17. OPTICAL AIDS-NONE, 18. AIRBORNE SIGHTING-

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NEG, 19. DATE TIME GROUP-12/2222Z, 2%. TIME OF DAY-NIGHT, 21. LOCAT-
ION OF OBSERVER 44 DEG 28 MIN NORTH, 84 DEG 28 MIN WEST, 22. OBSERVER

“ | E 48 OCCUPATION
GROCER, 399 HOURS IN GOC,, 23, ACCOUNT OF WEATHER- CLEAR WITH VIS-

ABILITY 7 MILES, 24 INTERCEPT OR ACTION TAKEN-NONE...
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