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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
Q Wos Balloon
26 December 1956 DeFuniak Springs, Florida D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION CORLey meee
Local 2G roun d- Vi sual O Ground-Radar EXP rebolle Aiveroft
GMT 26/2320Z D Air Visuol D Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE oO pak Matrenamni eal
0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomica
XM No Civilian & Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O , Other
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown
fifteen to twenty five mins one SW to W ) 4
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One white egg-shaped object w/a
red tinge around the edges. Obj
was the size of small grapefruit.
Very red flashes, fm 1/10 to 1/20
the size of the object kept flashing
and/or firing until the object went
out of sight. Object was first seen
at 30 dgr elevation, 135 dgr azimuth,
and disappeared at 45 dgr elevation
traveling west. Object was seen
visually for 15 to 25 minutes,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Concur with reporting officer
that sighting caused by a/c,
Although there was a helicopter
in the area & the details of
the sighting indicate that this
was cause, the helicopter lande¢
ten minutes before the obj
disappeared, However, time in
Sight may have been incorrectly
estimated, Therefore, prob air-
craft is evaluation of this sig
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