Air visual sighting from Charleston W Va To Shaw AFB= S Carolina, December 1955December 1955

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Summary

On December 15, 1955, a pilot and observer saw a strange object during a flight from Charleston, West Virginia, toward Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. The Greenwich time ran from 2343Z on December 15 to 0025Z on December 16. The observers were military.

The object looked like a star, about the size of a pea held at arm's length. It first appeared white. Its color then changed to bright red, followed by changes to blue green. It had a steady glow with no blinking. Bright red was the main color, and a corona effect was noted. The object kept pace with the aircraft and then disappeared to the southwest. The pilot said it reminded him of an aircraft with a large landing light. The sighting lasted about 43 minutes.

The card notes there was no separate case file and that follow up forms were requested. The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion was INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.

Reported location

Air visual sighting from Charleston W Va To Shaw AFB= S Carolina, December 1955

Date of incident

December 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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CE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i

| 4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 To ir visual sighting from Charleston|{o Wes Bolloon

| | 1M Dec 55 Va to Shaw AFB = § Carolina Br onary Relloen

* | 3- DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Pehioasily Dallben

| Local O Ground- Visual D Ground-Rodor = Bok an Coit

4 a Ree he ee y Aircraft

4 GMT 15/23432 is 16/00252 2 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

3 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE O Was Astronomical .

FE OVYes : D Probably Astronomical

4 B No litary (pilot and observer) fo DO Possibly Astronomical

| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Otherto i BoE]
= BH Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
3 43 mins 1 DO Unknown

F 11. COMMENTS

- |'0n@REETIIRY COYLE of pea held at arms INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.

E length, first appeared to be white in color.

9 Color changed to bright red, followed by intermjtten changes
© |to blue-green. Steady glow - no blinking effect|was noted.

FE Bright red was predominant color. A corona effeft was noted. 3

| Objparralled the course of the a/c and disappartd to the

.  |south-west. Reminded pilot of a/c with large landing lght. :
~ | (NO CASE IN FILE) |

1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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