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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6788637

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONOklahoma Oklahoma

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2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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5. PHOTOS | 6 SOURCE
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7, LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE |

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
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