Benton, PennsylvaniaJune 1957

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Summary

On June 11, 1957, at 10:53 a.m., two airmen at Benton Air Force Station in Pennsylvania witnessed a round object about the size of a small truck. The object was greenish yellow and white in color and was sparking from the rear. It traveled rapidly across the observers' line of sight at high speed, crossing the sky at 45 degrees between horizon and zenith at 500 feet altitude west of the base. The sighting lasted 3 seconds. The object descended rapidly and disappeared behind trees. The Duty Director concluded the probable cause was a meteorite, though this was not positively established.

Reported location

Benton, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

PA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 11 June 1957
2. LOCATION: Benton, Pennsylvania
12. CONCLUSIONS:
   - Was Balloon
   - Probably Balloon
   - Possibly Balloon
   - Was Aircraft
   - Probably Aircraft
   - Possibly Aircraft
   - Was Astronomical (X)
   - Probably Astronomical
   - Possible Astronomical
   - Other
   - Insufficient Data for Evaluation
   - Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP:
Local 2250
GMT 15/0330Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
(X) Ground-Visual  ( ) Ground-Radar
( ) Air-Visual  ( ) Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTO?
( ) Yes
(X) No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
rapidly
descending

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object, round, size of small truck, color greenish yellow and white, sparking from rear, high speed.

11. COMMENTS
Meteor sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 18 SEP 52)

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