Holmen, WisconsinApril 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On April 21, 1952, near Holmen, Wisconsin, a civilian woman reported an unidentified flying object. The sighting happened about 0405 (4:05 a.m.) while she was driving north on a highway between Holmen and Galesville during a rainstorm.

The witness said she could not give a complete description because she viewed the object through her windshield in the rain. She reported that it seemed to be spinning and was flying parallel to the ground in a straight southerly direction. She said flames appeared to come from both ends of the object.

She also reported a clear whooshing sound that she heard over her windshield wipers. The sound seemed to come at about one second intervals, matching each turn of the object. The local weather showed overcast skies, rain showers, and reduced visibility. The record card notes the object may have been a light blurred by rain on the windshield. The case was marked Possibly Astronomical.

Reported location

Holmen, Wisconsin

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

WI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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if : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
I. DATE ( |* LOCATION AE ( 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 21 Apr 52 “Hodmen, Wisconsin 0 Wos Balloon
i ! oe 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP I'd. YYPE OF OBSERVATION 17 Fey Sevesn
“ : A ) 0 Was Aircraft
; Local ~- Oh03 Ro Lich | R Ground: Visual D Ground-Redar QO Probably Aireroft
oat. of JUNE 0 Air-Visval (w) Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5 PHOTOS | 8. SOURCE 0D Was Astronomical
© O Yes 00 Probobly Astronomical
5 No ’ civilian - female Fe Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE © Other ____ a
: Insufficient Dota for Evoluation
8 Unknown
EEN RE SR CR, SEROMA TTS LI. S—— TERR
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING pe COMMENTS
"Straight and level maneuvers. Source was driving in the rein.
Claims to have heard "swooshing" sound
ebove sound of windshield wipers.
Did not get good enough look at
: object to describe it. Did see
"flanes coming from both ends.”
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ey R 4 :
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