Greensboro, North CarolinaApril 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On April 27, 1956, a civilian at Greensboro, North Carolina, reported three objects at about 9:20 p.m. The report came in by letter and was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness first saw one bright silver object with no sound or tail flash across the sky. It was thought to be a shooting star, but it was too close, had no tail, and was bigger, about the size of a baseball. It seemed to land nearby. This object was in view about three seconds. The witness then saw two copper-colored objects in parallel flight, holding the same relative position. They had no red and green lights and were assumed to be at great altitude. These were in view about five minutes.

The Air Force concluded the first object was a meteor. It said the two copper objects did not conflict with an aircraft analysis, since their duration and flight were consistent with that finding.

Reported location

Greensboro, North Carolina

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

NC / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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i cog PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD A
| 1. CATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
A 0 Was Balloon
27 April 1956 Greensboro, North Carolina Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
TR [A AT A SM ACR RXGround- Visual 0D Ground-Radar OF "esbobly Alreraft
omT__287/0220Z =~ D Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0%#Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes DO Probobly Astronomical
No Civilian D Possibly Astrorromicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B57 Ohara te 0 bus l ib pp
1, 3 seconds l, one 1. not repor dosuliiclent Dota for Evaluation
2. 5 minues 2, two Di vy M) TH | 8 dd
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS \
1, Bright silver object without sound 1. Meteor sighting. Absance of
or tail flashed across sky. Thought a tail & nearness does not rule
first to be shooting star except too out meteor. Rptd because of
close, no tail & bigger, Believed to closeness.
land nearby. 2. Nothing conflicting with
2. Two copper colored objects in sigh analysis as a/c. Duration &
in parallel flight maintaining the flight are consistent with
same relative position throughout this evaluation.
sighting. No red & green lights asso-
ciated was a/c. Large and assumed to |be at
geat altitude,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)

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