PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340757

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONRacine Wisconsin

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

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of shirt button,

turned it off.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 S32P 52)

Three round objects, white color, sizd

as though it was a light and someone

= ; oye ; D Was Bailoon
4 March 1956 Racine, Wisconsin D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
. : r O Was Aircroft
Local : XXO Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Redar O Probobly Aircroft
GMT 05/0200Z D Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ey Was Astreteuienl
0 Yes GO Probobly Astronomical
MXNo Civi 1 jan Oo Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMSER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE O , Other
XQ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1/2 hour three circling QO Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS

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Possible a/e sighting. Howver
Low: flying. Disappeared objects remained in area for

1/2 hour. During this per
witness should have been

to give some detail. Insuffici+

ent data for analysis.

iod
able

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J/UN CLASS IFI E D//BOOT 9728 UFOB IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR

233-2 CMM DTD 7 DTD 12 AUG 54 CMM FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED:
i. CA) ROUND

(B) SIZE OF SHIRT BUTTON
(C) WHITE

(D) THREE
(E) NZA |
(F) NONE

(G) NO
CH) NO

PAGE TWO RJEPHQ 1174

CI) NONE
Ze CA) OBS SATD IT WAS FLYING LOW

(B) APPROX 832 FT

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CC) SAME AS ABOVE
(D) CIRCLING

(F) ONE HALF -HOUR
3. ¢A) GROUND VISUAL
(B) BINOCULARS
(C) N/A
4, CA) 92032 5 MAR 56
(B) NIGHT
5. (A) CN 1545

NO PHONE CMM INSTRUCTOR FOR GOC

7e CA) CLEAR
CB) UNK
CC) CLEAR
CD) 215 MILES

PAGE: THREE RJEPHQ 1174
CE) LIGHT
CF) NO
3. CA) NONE
9. NONE
i2. NONE
41. 1ST LT RUSSELL S$ PETERSON SENIOR DIRECTOR Ch
i2. NONE
BT é
$5/D415Z MAR RJEPHQ

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CE) DISAPPEARED AS THOUGH IT WERE A LIGHT & SOMEONE TURNED IT OFF

4. CA) CIVILIAN POC pees, RACINE WISC AGE 16

(B) S/SGT M BUTTLITTA CMM CONT TECH CHI GOC RELIABILITY UNK

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