Aliquippa, PennsylvaniaMay 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On May 3, 1956, at 2:48 a.m. in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, civilian and Air Force witnesses reported a sighting of seven silver objects in a V formation moving south at an estimated altitude of 5,000 to 15,000 feet and a speed of 36 miles per hour. The objects were described as baseball-sized. The sighting lasted ten minutes and was observed visually and on radar. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably generated by birds based on the V formation, speed, and altitude of the objects, noting that further investigation was unlikely to reveal valuable data.

Reported location

Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

PA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
3 May 1956

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local
GMT     08/1448Z

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
XX No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
ten minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One "V" formation of seven objects, silver in color. The size of a baseball held at arm's length. Objects moving south at an estimated altitude of 5 to 15,000 feet at a speed of 36 MPH. FSSD scrambled but negative sightings.

2. LOCATION
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

6. SOURCE
Civilian and AF

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
7 objects
1 flight

9. COURSE
south

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
XX Other, Prob Birds
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
This sighting is not being investigated due to the opinion of this hq that this sighting was probably generated by birds, (note "V" formation, speed and altitude of the objects). It is unlikely that further investigation would reveal valuable data.

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