DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7340729
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONBeloit Wisconsin
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION
_ . F “ O Was Ball
_2 March 1956 Beloit, Wisconsin OQ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Foss hy Satloon
os vi r O Was Aircraft
Local Te Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircroft
GMT 02/22382 0 Air- Visual O Air-Intercept Radar QO Possibly Aircraft
+ 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0D Wes Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
sEkNo Civilian and AF (GOC) 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE. 0 , Other
caster Data for Evaluation
one & one half hour one stationary shake tha

i2. CONCLUSIONS

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

and disappeared,

No report in file,

One black oblong object, size unknown,
lappeared to be at approximately 1,000
feet, The object was seen through
lbinoculars and appeared to remain
|stationary until it gained aititude

1}. COMMENTS

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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

for evaluation,

Due to the duration of the sight-
ing and the color of the object
it is bhe opinion of the head-
quarters that this sighting was |
possibly generated by a balloon
of the pibald type. If 2238 was
the time of the end of the sight
ing, it is possible that the
observers waw a pibald type ballgon

released at Beloit at_2100Z, It
is unlikely that a balloon would

remain Stationary
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for over 1 hr

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