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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340799

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONManatowish Waters Wisconsin

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

5 March 1956

2. LOCATION

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP

Manatowish Waters, Wisconsing
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION =

12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

erat 2XGround- Vi sual O Ground-Radar a Probobly Aircraft
cMT__06/02507 0D Air-Visuol QO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE CUxWos Astronomical bee «Cet
OH Yes oO PE toronty astronemtes
. < 0 ossibly Astronomica
Ones Civilian (GOC)
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 , Other t
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
e QO Unknown
15 to 20 minutes one descending

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

One round object, 50 times the size
of a star, bright whtie, hazy around

the edges,

First seen at an azimuth o

270 dyr and at an angle of elevation
of 45 dgrs, Disappeared at 270 dgr at
angle of elevation of thirty dgrs,.
Fadedéut of sight. No radar contact,

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11. COMMENTS
This sighting was generated by
the planet Venus, The descrip-
tion of the object in the sky
is the location of the planet
an //Venus, and the lack of

tely establish this object as
Venus,

radar contact would seem to defini-

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a

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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WPEGSS YMASGHHRAGSOHRIGO1

EDEN RJEDAE RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEPNB

DE RJEDHR 1J

P 9694492

FM COMDR 676TH ACW SQ ANTIGC WIS

TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFE COLO SPGS COLO

RJEDAE/COMDR 37TH ADIV DEF TRUAX FLD MADISON WIS

RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON

AFB CHIO —-—

INFO

RJEPHQ/DIR INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC

RJEPNB/CMDR EADF STEWART AFB NEWBURGH NY

BT

/UNCLASSIFIED / ANOPS 95-225 PD UFOB ATTN IN ACCORDANCE

WITH
UFOB

AFR 249-2 CMM DATED 12 AUG 1954 CMM UNDER 7D CMM THE FOLLOWING

REPORT IS SUBMITTED

1. BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY

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PAGE
G.
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ROUND
DIME (52 TIMES THE SIZE OF A NORMAL STAR)
BRIGHT WHITE

HAZY AROUND THE EDGES

TWO DE RJEDHR 1J
NEGATIVE

NEGATIVE

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Ge

Se

NEGATIVE

H. NEGATIVE

I. N/A

WEST

A. BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY

Be FORTY-FIVE VERTICAL DEGREES AND WEST (278)

C. THIRTY DEGREES VERTICAL AND 276 DEGREES AZIMUTH
D. STRAIGHT

E. FADED OUT OF SIGHT

F. FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MINUTES

A. GROUND VISUAL

- Be NORMAL EYESIGHT

Ge

C. N/A

A. ©6/9259Z2 MAR 56

BR. NIGHT

&> DEG 52 MIN W CMM 46 DEG 14 MIN N AT OBSERVER POST

MR MD CMM MANATOWISH WATERS TEL 995 CMM HARDWARE

STORE OWNER CM MRM’ CM SAME ADDRESS MMB™ SCHOOL TEACHER

Te

15,

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A. GOOD CLEAR
B. SURFACE 999 19K, 5009 FT 099 10K, 19,800 FT 200 AT 25K,
O20 FT 249 AT 55K, 20,028 FT 260 AT 60K, 25,909 FT 272 AT SOK,

$25 FT 276 AT SOK, 49,900 FT 279 AT 9GK, 45,298 FT 279 AT 99K PD

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PAGE THREE DE RJEDHRIJ
C. CLEAR
De GOOD

F. NEGATIVE
Se NEGATIVE
9- NEGATIVE
19. NEGATIVE
li. SENIOR DIRECTOR AT 676TH ACW SQDN ANTIGO AFS CMM ANTIGO WIS

ABOUT AN HALF HOUR LATER THAN WHEN ORIGINALLY SIGHTED PD
12. NEGATIVE

BS/9550Z MAR RJEDHR

INFO RJEPHQ/DIR INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC
RJEPNB/CMDR EADF STEWART AFB NEWBURGH NY
BT
/UNCLASSIFIED / ANOPS 93-823 PD UFOB ATTN IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AFR 209-2 CMM DATED 12 AUG 1954 CMM UNDER 7D CMM THE FOLLOWING
UFOB REPORT IS SUBMITTED
1. BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY

A. ROUND

Be DIME (59 TIMES THE SIZE OF A NORMAL STAR)

C. BRIGHT WHITE

D. ONE

E. N/A

F, HAZY AROUND THE EDGES