PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785870

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1956

REPORTED LOCATION80KMSwof Winston Salem North Carolina

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
80 KM SW of 0 Was Balloon
14 May 1956 Winston Salem North Carolina 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon
Local_ Local Ground-Visual Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT GMT. 14/1400Z XXAir-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. 6. SOURCE 0 0 Was Astronomical Venus
Yes Probably Astronomical
DxiNe military military Possibly Astronomical XPossibly Astronomical
7. 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE .Other. . Other.
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data Evaluation
0 0 Unknown
35 minutes 35 minutes one one stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round One round cylindrical object cylindrical object size Astro (Venus) Astro (Venus) see see case case file.
of pencil eraser, color silvery eraser, color silvery
white - clean edges
contrasted with blue sky - in flight
surveillance. Object stationary.
Object was seen by
of the thunderbird
to be an astronomical body, was
brighter than a nite star.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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