Arlington, VADecember 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On December 13, 1955, over Arlington, Virginia, a witness saw a strange light in the night sky. The Greenwich time was 0309Z on December 14. The sky was fairly clear, and the observer was a civilian who worked as an engineer.

The object had no clear shape. At first it looked like a slow moving, tailless meteor, red and about as bright as a bright star. But its course was not straight. The witness, who described himself as familiar with the night sky, said it made a wide turn to the right of about 240 degrees and disappeared toward the north northeast. There was only one light, and there was no sound. The speed seemed to change at times. He watched it for about two minutes and twelve seconds.

The witness planned to plot the exact course on a star chart. An intelligence officer who handled the report listed the cause as unknown.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Arlington, VA

Date of incident

December 1955

State / country

VA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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i J = PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :

L | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| O Wos Bolloon
4 13 Dec 55 Arlington, Va 0 Probably Bolloon
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP "|4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sasi oa ld
O Was Ahcroft !
: Eoealiiististin coin i Bl Gly XB Ground-Visual O Ground-Rodor O Probubly Aireraft

E GMT 14/ 03097 0 AirVisuol 0 Air-Intercept Rodor R Possibly Aircroft

5. PHOTOS » SOURCE O Wos Astronomical
- O Yes : D Probobly Astronomical
i #xNo ivili : D Possibly Astronomical

tL | 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0: Ofer ln Slinieh os iy
3 : O Insufficient Dota for Evgluation {
: 0 Unknown
[2 min, 12 sec ee a
| |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS /

| | No discernible shape. Had appearance of a A/c.

f |slow moving meteor. Red, sparks, trail or

' | exhaust were observed, no sound. Speed :

| |appeared to fluctaute moderately.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964359