Cincinnati, OhioNovember 1956

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Summary

On November 3, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Cincinnati, Ohio. The object was watched for three to six seconds.

The witness described one round, bright white, glowing object the size of a pencil eraser at arm's length. It moved in a downward flight path and disappeared behind the horizon a few miles away. The sighting was made at about 7:20 a.m. local time.

The Air Force record card lists the cause as a meteor. The card noted that the description and short duration pointed to a meteor. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Cincinnati, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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bom "PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ‘ |
1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wes Balloon

3 November 1956 Cincinnati Ohio 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Belloen

Lot i ———— MX Ground-Visvel O Ground-Reder 2 fo gy OR P”

owt 04701204 0 Ain Visuel O Air-Intercep? Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft

; WX Was Astronemicail® teor
QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomicel
IKNe civilian O Possibly Astronomical
3. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS pei og Teor rom
: O Insufficient Deote for Evaluation
; 0 Unknown .
three to six seconds one downwarc

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

One round luminous bright white object Description, duration, indicate

the size of a pencil eraser at arm's that sighting was caused by a

length. Object was seen in a downward meteor.

flight path disappearing beyond the

horizon after having been viewed

| for 3 to 6 seconds. :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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: SHR Pe i i i i CH Cs A i a ei | |

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