Richland, WashingtonJuly 1955

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CR  UFOB INDEX CARD ATSS.UFOB-229-55 fe 5
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
j : 3 o alloon |
2) July 1955 | Richland, Washington 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION oT, |
local | SCround-Visudl  O Ground-Rader B Srveily Revels | |
GMT 21/13372 to 14202 Jul ) ZAinVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHPTOS « SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical |
X No ay | Mite . and Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other
| Fortysshres: (13) Minutes | One a fting Slowly (© Unknow 1
B10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
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| One (1), tear-drop shaped object, silver in | The description of the objeet has the |
color, and having the appearance of a large characteristics of a balloon, One |
y balloon, and alse having the appeasance of pilot stated the object was a balloon.
yo a plastic bottom, Intercept action was A check by this headquarters with COC |
| but the object was above the 15,000 foot alt< Weather at ADC was positive. A balloor
itude reached bythe pilots. One pilot sta vas over the area of sighting at the
1 the object was a balloon, time of the sighting at an altitude of |
1 80,000 feet, Resolved as; WAS BALLOO |
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