Cunningham, TennesseeOctober 1956

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On October 15, 1956, a civilian near Cunningham, Tennessee reported two sightings of one round, orange object about the size of a silver dollar. The first sighting lasted about twenty minutes and the second about four minutes. The witness said the object's light came on when it was moving and went out when it stopped. The object moved from south to north and was first seen at about 45 degrees elevation.

The report noted this was the third sighting from the Cunningham area, with others in August. The Air Force said the shape, size, light, and duration indicated the first sighting was a balloon. The conclusion was possibly a balloon.

Reported location

Cunningham, Tennessee

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

TN / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Hed O Wos Bolloon
15 October 1956 Cunningham, Tennesseo DO Probobly Bolloon
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ———} 0X Possibly Bolleon
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: GMT 15/06255Z 2nd sight 0 Air Visuel 0 Air-Intercept Rodor DO Possibly Aircraft
BE EWE TUTTI Ye vmmevied
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
50 Ne | Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE TE.
1st sight 20 minutes | one | South to Nord BEES Fee Te Bestvenen
2nd sight 4 minutes __one south to North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
One round, orange object, size of sil-]| Note this is third sighting fm
ver dollar, Light goes or when obj is Cunningham area (others in Aug).
moving and goes oul when obj stops. Ob; Description of sighting indicailes
was initially sighted at 45 dgr elevatijon,/first sighting to be balloon.
1338dgry azimuth & moved on a straight Shape, size, light, duration,
Flight path to 45dgr elevation, 35dgr course, &L;wind direction ‘tend to
azimuth, Obj was observed visually & support balloon as cause, Second
through binoculars for 20 minutes, sighting not bzlived to be relatec
Sources stated that obj reappeared at 1 to first due to short duration &
0256%, moved in same direction as befope, disappearance behind building.
was seen for 4 minutes & disappeared bp- Seand sighting probably sircraft
nind buildings. No Report In rile, |
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