Elkhorn, WisconsinMay 1957

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Summary

On May 24, 1957, at about 10:30 p.m. local time, civilians in Elkhorn, Wisconsin reported a sighting. The observation lasted about two minutes.

Witnesses saw three circular objects. The objects were red and white and about the size of lights. One witness thought it was an aircraft until a white object separated from the red ones. A sound was noted that was dimmer than normal aircraft noise.

Two other observers saw only the white object and believed it was a flare. The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as probably aircraft.

Reported location

Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

WI / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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; ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
/ SE i : : i 0 Was Balloon
295 May 19567 Elkhorn, Wisconsin 0 Probably Balicon
TL Ty ET a YT ap 3 fy 2] J gy Tp mt Ra eC EE Ry 0 Possi bly Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
gd RVI 4 2 0 Vas Aircraf? t
Local Cs ve 2X Ground- Visual 0 Graund-Radas El prEHatlV Arerats |
CMT 25/0330 04 107 (w] Air-Vi sual 0 Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicai
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
HX No Civ ilian 4 Bo bo 00 Possibly Astronomicai ;
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ROC Oiey blame
1 white whi te fm NW a gulticlont Data for Evaivation
two minutes 2 red / three | red fm § le Esser :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Three objects circular. Size comparable] Two other observers saw only :
to lights. Color red & while, sound white obj. and believed it to be 4
dimmer than normal noise fm a/c, a flare,
Observer thought it was a/c until
white object separated fm red objs.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) \
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