Ellwood, PennsylvaniaSeptember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On September 21, 1956, a civilian in Ellwood, Pennsylvania reported seeing a cube-shaped object about three feet square at an estimated 3,000 feet altitude. The object moved up and northeast, then disappeared at about 10,000 feet. The witness observed it visually for 61 minutes using 16 x 50 binoculars. The sighting lasted 61 minutes total. Wind and observation conditions were noted. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified, though a balloon was considered as a probable cause in the comments section.

Reported location

Ellwood, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

PA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 21 September 1956

2. LOCATION: Ellwood, Pennsylvania!!!

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 21/1915Z
GMT: 21/1915Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: XXX Ground-Visual, Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS: Yes, XXX No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Sixty-one minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: OTD

9. COURSE: NE

12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkboxes for Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One cube-shaped object, three foot square, spotted at estimated 3,000feet. Object moved up and northeast. Obj disappeared at estimated 10,000 ft. Obj was seen visually & through 16 x 50 binoculars for 61 minutes.

11. COMMENTS: Duration, winds, and description of sighting indicate that sighting caused by a balloon (probably).

ATIG FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967629