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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 5 April 1956 | 2. LOCATION Samish Island, Washington | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 06/0700Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian (GOC) | ☑ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION still in sight when rptd at least 1½ hr duration | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS …

Witness
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JD123
APC123BYDC237 AYA2 3 ANA 35DMA 73
OO RJWFSS RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJWPDM 92A
3 23 95 2

FM 25TH ADIV MCCHORD AFB WASH
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
RJWFSS/COMDR WADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HDQTR USAF WASH 25 D C

LT
//U N C L//TAC NO. D52
A. 1. ROUND
2. PENNY
3. BRIGHT RED
4. ONE
5. NONE
6. NONE
7. NONE
8. NONE
9. NONE
10. Q. GOC

1. 2. 3. 4. 4XDa 2

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2. 15 DEG
3. STILL BEING OBSERVED
4. NORTHWEST
5. 1 HOUR 32 MINUTES
C. 1. GROUND VISUAL
2. BINOCULARS
3. NONE
D. 1. 2732 3 APRIL 58
2. NIGHT
C. ND 2734 SANISH IS.
OBJECT ABOUT 1 MI. FROM COC POST OVER MT. CONSTITUTION ON ORCHAS IS.
F. MRS. MACH BAKER
RT 1 BOW WASHINGTON EDISON 02348
G. 1. CLEAR
G. 2. 12,000 31 DEG 2K
22,000 30 DEG 3K
30,000 30 DEG 3K
40,000 30 DEG 3K
50,000 30 DEG 4K
3. UNLIMITED
4. UNLIMITED
5. NONE
6. NONE
H. NONE
I. NONE
J. NONE
K. NONE
REMARKS: SIMILAR DIGITINGS 15 MAR 58- 352 15 MAR 58-22552 OBSERVED
BY DEPUTY SHERIFF BUT NOT REPORTED THEN. SIDE THE…

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 6 April 1956 | 2. LOCATION McKinney, Texas |   | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT not reported | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |   |   |
|  5. PHOTOS ☑ Yes ☒ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian |   | ☐ Other ☑ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not reported…

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The UFO was so high that it glowed in the sunlight long after dark on the earth's surface. There were some cirrus clouds in the upper air about 7:00 P.M., and it was far above them. I had ascertained their height to be 11,000 feet. My rough calculations may have been far off, of course, and I think they possibly were, I am inclined to believe the UFO was at least 100 miles high, as I have talked to observers as far west as 100 miles and north 50, and all them say it appeared overhead to them.

I have contacted the Weather Bureau, the Air Force bases at Carswell Base and Perrin Field an…

May 14, 1956

Director of Air Force Intelligence
Army Air Force
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Attached hereto is a sketch of an unidentified flying object seen over this city, or apparently over it, on April 4, 1956. Efforts have been made to identify the UFO, hence the deal of sending this report.

The UFO was called to my attention, as I am the local Weather Bureau observer, and I noted it at 3:15 P.M. on the afternoon of the date named above. It was apparently ten degrees northwest of the month from McKinney, and I at first thought it was a weather radiosonde balloon. On calling the Fort Wor…

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Unidentified flying object observed over McKinney, Texas, April 4, 1956. Redrawn from original by Capt. Roy F. Hall.

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Observed by , McKinney, Texas
April 4, 1956, 4:00 P.M.
Observation equipment: 6" reflector telescope, 55x to 200x mag.

The UFO presented the same face, did not revolve or rotate, from 3:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M., when it disappeared in the darkness.