PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6786499

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONPonaca Nevada

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION

12, CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
22 June 1956 Ponaca, Nevada CG Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G' Possibly Balloon
Local — RxGround- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar IB, Brice Arerale
GMT 22/16252 . D Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE Oo Wos Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XOX No Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O , Other mit
QO Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown
five minutes _ one ee rears Ae: Hp em ca av
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS

One circular type object the size of
a halgé dollar held at arms length,
color of silver grey. Object was
sighted with binoculars for a period
of five minutes,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Due to the object's straight
course and that there was a jet
a/c in the area at time of sight-
ing has been evaluated as an a/c,

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D 35 KILEs

2 NONE

F NONE

3, NONE

$. NO ACTION TAKEN DUE

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ti. LT R E NEIER DIRECTOR NO COMMENT

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