Charleston, South CarolinaDecember 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 31, 1955, at 11:23 p.m., a civilian in Charleston, South Carolina reported a yellow and red flaming object that was elongated in shape and appeared high and slow. The object had no sound and seemed to have an exhaust trail. It was observed for 20 to 25 minutes while moving in various directions, including north and vertical motions before fading from view. The witness was located near the Crescent on Yeamans Road in Charleston. A doctor and his wife also witnessed the sighting. The Air Force concluded the sighting involved insufficient data for evaluation, noting that Venus was not visible at the time and suggesting the possibility of a balloon or astronomical sighting.

Reported location

Charleston, South Carolina

Date of incident

December 1955

State / country

SC / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
31 Dec 55 | Charleston, South Carolina | [X] Was Balloon
 | | [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [ ] Possibly Balloon
Local 2330Z | [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar | [ ] Was Aircraft
 31/2330Z | [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar | [ ] Probably Aircraft
 | | [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | [ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Yes | | [ ] Probably Astronomical
[X] No | civilian | [ ] Possibly Astronomical
 | | [ ] Other_____
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
 20-25 min | 1 | N-Vert-S | [X] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
1 Yellow, red flaming obj, elongated in | N Venus not viewable, possible balloon or
shape, no sound, appeared to be exhaust | astro sighting. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR
trail, obj appeared high & slow. | EVALUATION.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964440