Albany, GeorgiaJanuary 1956

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Summary

On January 28, 1956, a military witness saw a strange object near Albany, Georgia. The Greenwich time was 0051Z on January 29. The weather was clear with about 15 miles visibility.

The object was a green ball of fire. It fell straight down at a high rate of speed, dropping from about 8,200 feet to about 7,000 feet. The witness, an Air Force captain, saw it from the front yard of a residence. The duration was not reported.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. Based on the description, the Air Force conclusion was that the object was a meteor.

Reported location

Albany, Georgia

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

GA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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42: PROJEET 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 i : 0 Was Balloon
28 January 1956 Albany, Georgia O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SUE LUE
Local aepEYs XX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar & Brokakls Aireratt
our. 29/00512 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O_ Probably Astronomical . ig
XXNo Military BX Possibly Astromomical/ f+ Ee
Fe ANB A tL IRR Be RN ai ee
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [fig Tir, ht hele Sk Wah hs Re Sa
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
unknown one unknown/straight down
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Ball of fire green falling straight Meteor based upon description.
down at high rate of speed. Duration not reported.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ’
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964684