Columbus, OhioNovember 1956

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Summary

On November 5, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Columbus, Ohio. The object was watched for one minute.

The witness described one round, brilliant white object the size of a dime at arm's length. It was noted very high in the sky and was heading northwest.

The Air Force record card lists the cause as an aircraft. The reporting officer and the reviewing office agreed the sighting was caused by an aircraft. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Columbus, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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kind 5 | i UFOB INDEX CARD ,1ss.UroB-li3l-56 ~~ ..
1. DATE | 2. LOCATION #0 12. CONCLUSIONS
i A Nov 56 | Columbus, Chio O Was Balloon
: 0 Probably Balloon
[3 oATE-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TONG W——
05/2319Z Nov 56 FGround-Visvel O Ground-Rodor re gy AAI
O AirVisvel © Airintercopt Redor |O Possibly Aircroft
MOTO! QURC O Wes Astronomicel
QO Yes O Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a Other
One mi : One Nort) : 9 i ota for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round brilliant white object, the sise Concur with Reporting Officer that
of a dime at arm's length. object was noted this sighting was caused by an aircraft,
very high heading northwest, Object was ob- :
served visually for one minute.
Leo Benner IN free
| AISOP Perms (18 Oct 54)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968186