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AISS-UFOB-116-56 / WBOOT 1004 — 1956-05-07 — NE of Madison, Wisconsin (Waupun, Wisconsin)

1956-05-07· NE of Madison, Wisconsin (Waupun, Wisconsin)Resolved prosaic
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
9.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

On 7 May 1956 at 0412Z a civilian (Civilian Defense / GOC reliability unknown) northeast of Madison, Wisconsin (near Waupun) reported a single round, baseball-sized object. The object was low and moving from south to north and southeast, disappearing after 15 minutes of ground-visual observation. Reported via the 755th AC&W Squadron Williams Bay Wisconsin. Concluded possibly a self-illuminated weather balloon.

extracted via: llm_subagent_v1

Witnesses (1)

  • [anonymous] goc observerrole_pattern

Source documents (1)

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Score evidence (6)

Why this event scored the way it did. Every contribution is traceable.

s

  • weather balloon (-2.0)
  • outcome=resolved_prosaic (cap S<=3)
  • post-blend cap S<=3 (resolved_prosaic)

p

  • docs=1 (+0.5)
  • single agency (+0.5)

evid

  • narrative only (base 1)