52. N 38.45W (Atlantic), November 1955November 1955

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Summary

On November 8, 1955, at about 0249Z, the crew of a U.S. Air Force SC-54 transport saw an object over the North Atlantic Ocean. The plane was flying from Harmon to Prestwick, Scotland, at about position 52-54 north, 38-45 west. A navigator taking a celestial position noticed the object and told the pilot. The sighting lasted about two minutes.

The object was described as elliptical, about the size of the top third of an orange, and reddish-yellow. It resembled the top third of an orange in an inverted position. It made no sound. The object moved away along its azimuth and slowly grew smaller until it seemed to fade away. The crew, listed as reliable, included the pilot, navigator, and flight engineer.

A later message noted the moon should have risen at about 2247Z that morning. Officers believed there was a strong possibility the crew saw a parallax effect or a reflection of the moon, possibly off high cloud layers. The Air Force concluded the sighting was the refraction of the moon through a layer of clouds.

Reported location

52. N 38.45W (Atlantic), November 1955

Date of incident

November 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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E bE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
EB [vn oate | % LOCATION — [12. CONCLUSIONS
[| 7 Nov 55 | 52. 1 38.L5H (Atlantic) 8 Probably Balloon
b | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION E- Eoswily Balloon
8 (locale netic sor cagaria ina hh 0 Gound-Visual O Ground-Radar a ! BiaSabIG Aitcrals
3 GMT 08/ 02497, XO Air Visual D Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
. | 5. PHOTOS 5 SOURCE" onmenssmssim animism 0 oo Was AstrononfibdiractionMo
3 D Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
[ B No a : military O Possibly Astronomical
EL | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE QO es a
a a Insuthctent Data for Evaluation
EE 4 NKNOo wn
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© 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
{ | Elliptical obj with reddish glow like top Refraction of moon through layer of
¢ | third of an orange in inverted position. clouds.
I |No sound, ob] gradually feded sway,
4 ATIC FORM 319 (REV 26 8EP 82)
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