Stanton, NebraskaJuly 1956

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On July 5, 1956, a civilian reported a round yellow object the size of a baseball held at arm's length in Stanton, Nebraska. The object was acting like a light on a balloon, bobbing and drifting south-southwest. It remained in sight at the time of report. The observer noted the object was still in sight when the report was made. Wind at 10,000 feet was from 360 degrees. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as possibly a balloon.

Reported location

Stanton, Nebraska

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

NE / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 5 July 1956
2. LOCATION: Stanton, Nebraska
12. CONCLUSIONS: [X] Possibly Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local ___ GMT 06/0500Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [ ] Yes [X] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: still in sight at rpt
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: drifting SSW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round yellow object, the size of a baseball held at arms length, acting like a light on a balloon, bobbing & drifting SSW. Object still in sight at time of report.

11. COMMENTS: Description & bobbing indicate balloon. Although winds-aloft were generally from the West, note that the wind at 10,000ft was fm 360 dgrs. Evaluated as possibly balloon.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966107