10 Mi W of Carey Islands, NF, October 1956October 1956

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Summary

On October 1, 1956, at 1:16 a.m., military personnel observed an unidentified object ten miles west of Carey Islands, Newfoundland. Two observers in a formation of F-86D aircraft spotted an elliptical, fireball-shaped object with a smoke trail lasting three to five seconds. The object made no sound and disintegrated, leaving blue smoke in a contrail pattern. It was described as traveling at an estimated speed of 700 to 1200 miles per hour in a straight line before disappearing at two o'clock elevation and twelve degrees elevation. The object was reported as orange-red in color. Weather conditions were clear with winds at 340 degrees and 15 knots. The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly a meteor.

Reported location

10 Mi W of Carey Islands, NF, October 1956

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 October 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 01/1611Z

6. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3-5 seconds

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object elliptical, shaped fireball w/smoke trail - no sound. Object disintegrated leaving blue smoke in contrail design.

2. LOCATION
10 Mi W of Carey Islands, NF

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[] Ground-Visual
[X] Air-Visual
[] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
Military

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[X] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Possibly a meteor formation available. No other information available.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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