Delamero, North DakotaAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 4, 1956, a civilian about six miles southwest of Fargo, near Delamero, North Dakota, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 1726Z and lasted about forty-four minutes during the daytime.

The witness described one silver, dome-shaped or mushroom-shaped object larger than a basketball. The object rose slowly toward the west and passed directly overhead. The sky was clear with some broken clouds.

The report noted that a weather balloon was in the area at the time of the sighting, and the director on duty thought it might be that balloon. The Air Force agreed the sighting conformed to the criteria for a balloon. The evaluation was balloon.

Reported location

Delamero, North Dakota

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

ND / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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: Aafia een : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD be : :
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION {72 Conciusions | i
: Vas Balloon
§ 4 August 1956 Delamero, North Dakota I'D" Probably Balloon
¢ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ae BGR
Local ETT ore XR Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 2 Seis :
g om 04/1726Z on 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS » SOURCE EET 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astrcnomical }
XIX No Civilian : 0 Pcssibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE lg ER RR
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 DO Unknown 3
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ; 3
One silver, dome shaped object larger! Sighting conforms to criteria
than a baskethall, Object was rising for a balloon, Also, balloon
slowly toward the West, Duration of was in the area at the time
; sighting was forty four minutos of sighting. Concur with rpting
during daytime, officer that sighting was ballooh,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) EET ATR Se
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