Cleveland, OhioMarch 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 22, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio, one round object about the size of a pinhead at arm's length was seen in the west. The object was white in color and traveled at an estimated 40 to 50 knots in an unknown direction. The sighting lasted 15 minutes. Witnesses were both civilian and Air Force personnel. The Air Force noted that the object's description possibly matched the planet Jupiter or the star Procyon. The duration, altitude, and estimated speed from witness reports were preliminary and somewhat unclear. The evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Cleveland, Ohio

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
22 March 1956 | Cleveland, Ohio | [checkboxes for:]
 | | [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [] Possibly Balloon
Local | [X]Ground-Visual | [] Was Aircraft
GMT 23/0452Z | [] Air-Visual | [] Probably Aircraft
 | [] Ground-Radar | [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | [] Air-Intercept Radar | 
[] Yes | 6. SOURCE | [] Was Astronomical
[X] No | Civilian & AF (GOC) | [] Probably Astronomical
 | | [X] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | [] Other
fifteen minutes | one | in west | [X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
 | | | [] Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
One round object, the size of the | Possibly this sighting was gener-
head of a pinhole at arms length, | ated by the planet Jupiter or the
white in color, seen in the west. Obj | star Procyon. The duration of the
estimated to be traveling at a speed | sighting does not substantiate the
of 40-50 knots, direction unknown. | altitude and the estimated speed
Seen for 15 minutes. | of the object in the observers'
 | descriptive. Preliminary report
 | very garbled.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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