Erie, PennsylvaniaAugust 1958

Unidentified

Summary

On August 11, 1958, near Erie, Pennsylvania, a civilian witness observed a red and white object about the size of a twelve-inch dinner plate for fifteen minutes during twilight hours. The object appeared stationary at first but kept changing position and eventually faded toward the east. A Strategic Air Command aircraft was refueling in the area at the time. An intelligence officer noted the sighting was more likely related to refueling operations at high altitude with cloud cover present. The Air Force evaluated the case as unidentified.

Reported location

Erie, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

PA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 11 August 1958
2. LOCATION: Erie, Pennsylvania
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local GMT 12/0048Z
5. PHOTOS: No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 15 mins
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Red, white obj, size of 12" dinner plate, seemed to be stationary, but kept changing position. Faded to the East. SAC a/c refueling in area.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, In Binoculars
6. SOURCE: Civilian
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: four
9. COURSE: East

11. COMMENTS: No initial position rptd and no position for disappearance. More likely observation of refueling operatnal high alt. .4 cloud cover. Time twilight.

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft-Refuel Opr, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979344