Harrisonville, MissouriFebruary 1956

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Summary

Starting in late January 1956 and again on February 10 and 13, a witness near Harrisonville, Missouri, reported a strange object in the sky. The Greenwich time for the later report was 0200Z on February 14. The observer was a civilian.

The witness, a woman in Harrisonville, said the object resembled a flying saucer that was very bright and moved slowly. She first saw it about three weeks earlier, when it came from the east and disappeared to the north. She saw it again on February 10 and again on February 13. On the later night she said the object made a circle pattern over Harrisonville and then disappeared. She said it was brighter than any star and did not fall from sight like a star.

The report was recorded on an Air Force form by a fighter group. The reporting officer noted many conventional and jet aircraft operate near Harrisonville and said it was probable the witness saw aircraft.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion was that the sighting was probably generated by aircraft.

Reported location

Harrisonville, Missouri

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

MO / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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a. Re PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. DATE January 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
- 10 Feb : O Was Balloon
E: 3 February 1956 Harrisonville, Missouri OQ Probably Balloon
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | EROS NERY DSUOON
3 yy XA Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar BXP rabably Aircraft
4 chit 14/0280F 5 © 0 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft !
| 9 ERC RHMOTORE S sme eons ores eR UII br «seat se oes el a a) |
Lo) OD Yes O Probably Astronomical ;
a XDNo Civilian QO Possibly Astronomical
5 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I’ NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Te 1 A RO |
& 0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation |
: . d 0 Unknown H
PE unknown one see description i
18 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS : :
§ This object seen by observer three Recei%wed by AF Form 112 (copy \
| 4 times, late in Jan, 10 Feb 56, and 13 | attached). This hq concurs with
i Feb 56, Source stated that the object | the opinion of the reporting off}- I
|. resembled a flying saucer (?) that wag cer ‘that this sighting was pro- i :
Eo very bright and moving slowly. The bably generated by aircraft,
a first time the object disappeared to i
E the north after appearing in the east |
a The object circled Harrisonville
E gus ing the sighting on the 14th of |
E Feb, ®Pource described the object as
4 being brighter than any star and did |
E not disappear as would a star, |
FE ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32) :
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