Fredrick, OklahomaMarch 1956

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Summary

On March 3, 1956, a civilian near Fredrick, Oklahoma, reported a group of lights in the night sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness described twelve bluish-white lights grouped in a semi-circle. The whole group looked about the size of an orange held at arm's length. The lights moved north on a straight and level path at an estimated altitude of 2,000 feet. They were in sight for only two or three seconds.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical, a meteor. The record said the duration was much too short for an aircraft and that the description matched many cases of an exploding meteor that breaks into several pieces and keeps moving as a group.

Reported location

Fredrick, Oklahoma

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

OK / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

4 i 0 Was Balloon |
| : 3 March 1956 Fredrick, Oklahoma 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION HOAs Rly Ee dliog |
| ; :
& 6 cal Retail Sr ini phin a ey oe Ck Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a esgirsrat
| 3 GMT Q4/02137 0 Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft |
| ia 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE PIX Was Astronomical Meteor |

E: O Yes 00 Probably Astronomical

. No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical i

4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bi OMe aia nl Ls

i 12 lights DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation

3 2 T 0 Unknown

two or three secs as one object | northerly :

9 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :

i Twelve bluish-white lights grouped Duration much too short for a/c

4 in a semi-circle, the size of an sighting, Description conforms

4 orange held at arms length. Object with many cases of bolide obser-

Ei (lights) was traveling north on a vations, Observation of a meteor

Ek straight and level course at an esti- | that has exploded and continues

: mated sltitude of 2000 feet, Seen for | flight as a group of several

4 two or three seconds. objects,

4 No report in file, :

4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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