PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6789221

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONMeredith New Hampshire

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Bolloon
11 August 1956 Meredith, New Hanpshire 000 Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
3. DATE·TIME GROUP DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TPEOrJOS-MYAYION
62004. 6200M xDkGroundVisual Ground-Radar Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
Local_ DkGround-Visual 000 Probably Aircroft
- bl 0230Z Ain-Visual Aln-Visual Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircralt Possibly Aircraft
GMT. GMT.
5. PHOTOS PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Wos Astronomical Wos Astrohomical IStar Star
O Yes 7 17 Probably Astranomical
Civilia 0 Passibly Astronomical Passibly Astronomical
DNo DNo
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OF OBSERVATION S. S. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other Other-
100 000 Insufficiant Data for Evaluation Insufficiont Data for Evaluation
Unknown
1O. BRIEF SUMNARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMNARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Yellovirulared obje reseuhlingin Spiea in Nest at to dgr elevatio Spiea in Mest 6t to dgr ol evatios
ball reporse. hoverits PED Phehoverir dreturus at pbout 2o dgr eio Araturus at pboit ao dgr el L1 I
abod at autle Antares in Sif at t5, dgr elavatio
Ohs 21 peared have dere Oujeet chnractertstig of one of
31 math % us sliuat: thesviastro bodios.
LaPAFE star.
ATIC FORM 3O9 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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1300102 35471 400500 120. 50000R G5411 A00100
TO MHEM/OOMDA ADO BT AFE OCLOMADT OMMIS: OOLKMADC
HOTPEL7OC DR SES AD D OASUE ART N
RUHPSP/COOML MOMIOAL ITEL CLTA WIONT
RUPNO/DIR OF ITL H USAF WAI DC
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FM CONDR 654 ACWRON USNAS BRUNSWICK ME
TO RJEDEN/CONDR 460ND AISS ENT AFB COLO X2
RJEPSN / COMDR 32ND AIR DIV (D) SYRACUSE AFS NY
RJEDWP/ COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INT CEN WRIGHT PA AFB OHIO H0
RJEPHQ/ DIR OF INT HQ USAF WASH 25 DC
INFO RJEPNB/ DIR OF F NT HQ EADF ART AFB NY
BT
/UNCLASSIFIED/ OTI 08126. THIS MSG SUPERSEDES OUR MSG COC
28117 DTD 30 AUG 56. REF YOUR MSG AISOC 0782 DTD 17 AUG 56.
THE FOLLOWING INFO IS SUBMITTED CLN 2A. THE BRIGHT YELLOW
COLOR. THE OBJECT SWAYED AS THOUGHMOVED BY WIND • TRAVELED VERY
SLOWLY. 2B . OBJECT WAS LOW PAREN JUDGED 80T0 100 FT ABOVE
TERRAIN WHEN FIRST SIGHTED PAREN . OBJECT WAS SIGHTED SW
OF POST • PAREN JUDGED 24D DEGREES FROM OBSERVATION POST OF POST . PAREN JUDGED 24D DEGREES FROM OBSERVATION POST PAREN PAREN
20 . OBJECT WAS LOW. PAREN JUDGED 80 TO 100 FT ABOVE TERRAIN 20 • OBJECT WAS LOW. PAREN JUDGED 80 TO 100 FT ABOVE TERRAIN
PAREN OBJECT WAS STILL IN SW WHEN DISAPPEARED CLN APHROX SAME
POSITION AS WHEN IT APPEARED. 2E. BEHIND CLOUD . 2F. ONE IT AP ED. 2E. BEHIND.CLOUD . 2F. ONE HOUR.
4 SEP 56
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4A. 0200Z 12 AUG 55 FIRST SIGHTING SEMICLN 0200Z 12 AUG 56. SECOND
SIGHTING CLN SZCOND SIGHTING WAS AN ERROR. OBJECT WAS OBSERVED
BY ANOTHER PERSON AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE AS THE FIRST
SIGHTING  SECOND OBSERVER GAVE EXACT INFORMATION AS FIRST
OBSERVER.
BT
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