80 KM Sw of Winston Salem North Carolina, May 1956May 1956

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Summary

On May 14, 1956, near Winston Salem, North Carolina, observers reported a single object about 80 kilometers southwest of the city. The sighting was an air visual observation. It lasted about 39 minutes.

The object was round and cylindrical. It was the size of a pencil eraser held at arm's length. Its color was silvery white with clean white edges. It stood out against the blue sky. The object stayed stationary.

All five members of the Thunderbird aerial team saw it. They believed it was an astronomical body. It looked brighter than a nighttime star. The Air Force listed the conclusion on its Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, as probably a balloon, while case notes pointed to the planet Venus.

Reported location

80 KM Sw of Winston Salem North Carolina, May 1956

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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frets PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD AO |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
EB 80 KM SW of O Was Balloon
_ 14 May 1956 ~~~ [Winston Salem North Carolip3R Probeblv Ballcon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION bliin Dita don
: ea O Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Alvcraft
GMT 14 400 XIX Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical YEOUS
O Yes 0 _ Probobly Astronomical |
Srey \ 8% Possibly Astronomical
] __ Chie military
A 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE {AQIHE RIE Tse lei
bh 0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
B = A p 0 Unknown
EB gi 39 minutes one stationary
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; |: COMMENTS
= One round cylindrical object size Astro (Venus) see case file,
of pencil eraser, color silvery
3 white - clean and white edges
y contrasted with blue sky - in flight
: surveillance, Object stationary,
Object was seen by all five members
of the thunderbird acro team - believed :
3 to be an astronomical hody, was
| brighter than a nite star,
. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
y s : : : :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965616