Fairbanks, AlaskaJuly 1956

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Summary

On July 5, 1956, near Fairbanks, Alaska, civilian observers reported one object at about 11:07 a.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for 30 minutes during daylight.

The object was oval. It looked about the size of a basketball when first seen and shrank to the size of a silver dollar when last seen. It had no discernible features and no trail or exhaust. There was no sound. Its color was silver. The object seemed to flicker or pulsate and did not move. It was finally covered by a cloud and disappeared.

The sky was fairly clear with good visibility. A weather balloon had been released from a location 13 miles away at the time of the sighting. The star Procyon was in the same position as the object. The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, concluded the sighting was a balloon, and the preparing officer noted it could have been the weather balloon or the star.

Reported location

Fairbanks, Alaska

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

AK / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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F : , PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 vl 2 Was Balloon f
| 5 July 1956 Fairbanks, Alaska o Lohoply Boljeon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon
Local _— XR Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Alreroft
GMT. A810 Z. 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XTX No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CERRY) TY AE RN CN SC
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
i : 0 Unknown
30 minutes onz2 stationary :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object oval size of basketball when Balloon,
first seen to size of silver dollar
when last seen, No discernable fzatures
| no trail or exhaust. No sound. Color |
| silver - object seemed to flicker
| or pulsate, WX balloon & star Procyon|
{ in same general area, Daylight obsva-|
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