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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 3 September 1956 | 2. LOCATION Silver Springs, Maryland | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 04/0130Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical Probably ☐ Other Light Reflection ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilians |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVA…

AF FORM 112
04/01302 1/2
(CLASSIFICATION)
AF NOVED 1 JUNE 1948 Multi

|  COUNTRY | United States of America  |
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|  REPORT NO. | 2-56  |
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# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

SUBJECT
Unidentified Flying Object Report

AREA REPORTED ON
Silver Spring, Maryland

FROM (Agency)
Director of Plans and Intelligence, Headquarters Command, USAF, Bolling AFB

DATE OF REPORT
5 September 1956

DATE OF INFORMATION
4 September 1956

UNAVALUATED
UNAVALUATED

PREPARED BY (Officer)
Major James E. Geurts

SOURCE
James Blick

REFERENCES (Control number, distance, previous repo…

(CLASSIFICATION)
16-35570-1
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

|  FROM (Agency) Director of Plans and Intelligence, Headquarters Command, USAF | REPORT NO. 2-56 | PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES  |
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1. Description of the object:
a. Between round and oval
b. Basketball
c. White
d. One
e. Negative
f. Negative
g. Negative
h. Negative
i. Negative

2. Description of course of object:
a. [redacted] and a friend were observing the planet Mars, when his friend suddenly pointed up at the object and called Mr. [redacted], attention to it.
b. Directly overhead
c. Disappeared straight up
d. Unknown
e.…

FORM 112—PART II
RECEIVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
BY (Agency) Director of Plans & Intelligence Hq Command, USAF
REPORT NO. 2-56
PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES

7. Cont'd
c. Ceiling - none
d. Visibility - 12 Miles
e. Amount of cloud cover - None
f. Thunderstorms in area - None

8. Negative

9. Negative

10. Negative

11. Position title and comments of the preparing officer:
a. Asst Director of Plans & Intelligence
b. The youth of the observers, coupled with an apparent interest in celestial-scientific knowledge could have led to an over-imaginative observatio…