Altus, OklahomaSeptember 1956

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Summary

On September 15, 1956, a military observer at Altus, Oklahoma reported one round, white object about the size of a pea held at arm's length. The object had a bluish tail right behind it that turned orange before tapering off. The tail was about three times the size of the object.

The object was first seen at about 30 degrees elevation and 280 degrees azimuth. It then dropped below the horizon at an azimuth of about 90 to 200 degrees. It was watched for 20 to 30 seconds. The Air Force agreed with the reporting officer that the sighting was probably caused by a meteor. The size, duration, description, and flight path supported this conclusion.

Reported location

Altus, Oklahoma

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

OK / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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% 3 PROJECT" 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE i 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
x 0 Wos Balloon
15 Sentomber 1936 Altus, Oklahoma D Probably Balloon
VATION | 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
tr — QO Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador - El Beh
15/0797 :
GM LS5/ 07272 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Rodor DO Possibly Aireroft :
5. PNOYOS . SOURCE 10 _ Was Astronomical lot on
O Yes FOX Probably Astronomical
0 No Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE Ti ——
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
twenty to thirty socs one WNW to S
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGNTING 11. COMMENTS
Une round object, white like a star, Concur w/rpting officer that
the size of a pea held at arm! $s length, sighting caused probably by
Jbject had bluish tail immedia tely meteor, Size, duration y descrip
behind it turning to an oraye color tion and flight path substan tiatg
wafore tapering off. Tail kas about this conclusion.
three times size of object, Object was
“irst noticed at 30 dgr elevation, |
280 dar azimuth, Object PLestpanred
Selow horizon at azimuth of 90-200dgr,
Object was seen visually for 20-30 secs),
No Aeport In File
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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