DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7074217
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONTupelo Mississippi
FRAMES6

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS

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Probably Balleon |
Possibly Balloon

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Probobly Aircraft
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
One round (turning to crescent-shaped Description, duration and fligh
object, color of bright orange on one path indicate that this sight-
Side and dark orange on the other, ing was probably caused by an
size of a quarter at arm's length, aircraft.
Object started in South and circled
to the west and disappeared in the
Northwest, Object was observed visually

for ten minutes,

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Probebly Astronomical
Possibly, Astronomical

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Unknown

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1. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT |

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TUIGG AND OAK MILL CADDC)3 GPN NOT AVAILABLE. REQUESTED INFO FROM ADDC.

INFORMED THAT RADAR COVERAGE DID NOT EXTEND INTO THAT AREA (QM CAPT

SE COwsAUDER, CoMminTss REPORT RECEIVED BY S/SGT RICHARD |

We WALKER AND FOR VARDED TO TWIGG AND OAK HILL IMMEDIATRLY. THEPOST SUPR

“VISOR'S WIFE WAS QUERIED RELATIVE TO THE RELIABILITY OF THE COUPLE RE- |
PORTING THE UFOB AND IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERED VERY RELIABLE.
NO DETERMINATION AS TO IDENTITY OF THE OBJECT CAN BE MADE. CAUSE OF

SIGHTING UNKNOWN.
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LOCATION OF OBSERVER
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