Casablanca, Morocco, April 1956April 1956

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Summary

On April 5, 1956, at 8:15 p.m., two reports described a fiery object over Casablanca, Morocco. An employee at the meteorological station reported a round, orange fiery ball with a bluish edge traveling east to west. A second observer, M. Tahiri, described a yellow, fiery object with an unknown size. The object was observed for two to three minutes at a low altitude and low speed. It circled the city, then disappeared behind clouds. Witnesses initially considered it a meteor, but one observer, Paul Hilton at Casa Anfa Airport, noted unusual maneuvering and low speed inconsistent with meteor behavior. The Air Force evaluation concluded the sighting was a probable exaggeration of a meteor report.

Reported location

Casablanca, Morocco, April 1956

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 April 1956

3. DATE-TIME OF
Lacel 2015
GMT 05/2015Z

5. PHOTOS
X No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 RPTS
1. not rptd/few seconds
2. 2-3 minutes

2. LOCATION
Casablanca, Morocco

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

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
West

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
X Xes Astronomical Meteor
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other_
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two reports of firey object, one by employee of meteorological station at Casablanca Airport. Described as round firey ball orange in color bluish on edge. East-West flight. Witness took for granted that object was a meteor. Additional report including maneuvers of circling city, low speed, 2-3 minute observation and disappearance behind clouds.

11. COMMENTS
Meteor report. Additional rpt probable exaggeration of meteor, which initiated the report.

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