Highland, North CarolinaSeptember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On September 14, 1956, observers near Highland, North Carolina reported fourteen round objects the size of grapefruit. The colors ranged from yellow to deep red. The objects seemed to fly in formation, though the type of formation was not known. Witnesses noted a large exhaust but could not estimate its size.

The objects moved from southwest to east to northeast and then returned, swooping down and up. They were watched for about one and a half hours. One witness was a policeman who reported the sighting. The report noted there may have been more witnesses, but the information came from a single source. The Air Force conclusion was unidentified.

Reported location

Highland, North Carolina

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

NC / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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\ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: " i de he * 2 PEN : 0 Wes Bolloon
14 september 1900 fiichland, HO rth Carolin? 0 Probobly Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP i TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
. =: y N 1 Was Aircraft
Local ere PC—— £) Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rador C1 Probably Air croft
OMT. be L0000 Re 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOUR 0 Woes Astronomical
0 Yes DO Probably Astronomical
0 Ne civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF CASERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE o Other UNIDEDRZ Z- S—
any 4 Veet 0 Insufficient Data for Eveluation
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145 hrs 14 NE & raturned
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Tourteen round chjects the size of Unidentified, Multiple obj in
on grapefruit, color yellow to decp area for 1 1/2 hrs. Jory Little
red. goemed tO fly/An formation, data was present ad, Rpt 1 ndicates
Type of formation unknown, rrenendous that there were additional wihnesges
exhaust unable to estimate s5izc. Objs| yet information in rpt was fm
moved fm SW to E to NE & returned, single sSourc2.
swooping down & up.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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