Ashford, Kent, England, September 1956September 1956

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Summary

On the night of September 20, 1956, the control tower at Manston Air Force Base in England received two phone calls about unidentified flying objects. The witnesses were British civilians. The first call, at about 7 p.m. local time, came from a woman who reported a bright object in the sky south of Ashford, Kent. The second call, at about 11:50 p.m. local time, came from a sergeant who said he saw an object at 1840 (6:40 p.m.) and again at 1940 (7:40 p.m.) over Gillingham, Kent, heading southeast and then south-southeast.

The calls were passed to a liaison officer, who said the objects might have been cosmic ray balloons. The information reached investigators about four days after the event. They could not get further details, and only the witnesses' towns, not their addresses, were known. The card lists no firm conclusion.

Reported location

Ashford, Kent, England, September 1956

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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OTS so OPA Ap MARAAI 7. meg 3 S10 Sob oT mrs esos :
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is op PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: Le DO Wos Bolloon
20 September 1936 Ashford, Xent, England O Probably Bolloon
—~———1 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. YYPE OF OBSERVATION ‘
aan 4 ¥ 0 Wos Aircraft
Lecal 00,1240 XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador QO Probably Aircraft
CR NE RE RR RE 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercopt Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS » SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes - Probobly Astronomicol
x: No Civilian, Military PRNITRY Rae |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE RRR —
BD “insufficient Data for Evaluotion
0 Unknown:
not rntd one each - —
12, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS .
Calls to AFB tower concerning UFO!s Information received four days
Reported as bright object in sky after sighting. No followup
of of base, other than check w/tower operator
who could give no addilional
details. Only names and towns
. of witness received (no address),
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 329 52)
oe. b. 0 Basa 3 AA See i 00 SPEIER SR PR RSC SRL Reso Fe Sh ;

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