Folsom Prison, CaliforniaMarch 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On March 17, 1956, prisoners on Ground Observer Corps duty at Folsom Prison, California, reported one object. The report was made under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witnesses said the object was wing-shaped and about the size of a B-29 aircraft. It was black with red and white lights and made a jet-like noise. They thought it was a flying wing. The object came from the southeast, made one orbit over the prison, then headed northwest. It faded from sight after about four minutes.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably an aircraft. The record said the details fit the criteria for an aircraft. A preliminary report was received on AF Form 112.

Reported location

Folsom Prison, California

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
: TeADATE" [2 LOCATION T [12 CONCLUSIONS 1
1 : id ; 0 Was Bolloon
{ ___ 17 March 1956 Folsom Prison, California 0 Prohehly Balloon
] 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION — |B Possibly Baligon
] l.ocal i Sey 2Ck Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Dx robebly Aireraft
E cMTL8/03247 Hae AAT 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astconeniical
A 0 Yes Tea : : 00 Probably Astronamical
1 i 34No Civilian (Prisoners on SOC 0 Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EO thera Ss Ee
3 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: . 10 Unknown
3 four minutes one we rsee degcraplon,s oh
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One wing shaped object, approximately | Preliminary report received via
: the size of a B-29 a/c, black in colo AF Form 112. Due to he fact that
: wih red and white lights emitted a sighting fits the criteria for ah
3 jet like noise. Prisoners thought it aircraft generated sighting this
: to be a flying wing. The object came sighting has been cvoluatéd as
from the southeast, made one orbit over a probable a/c.
; Folsom Prison, then headed northwest.
; Then after four minutes of observatio
(total time) the object faded from
sight.
3 No report in file,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) Pi

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