Howell, UtahJune 1956

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Summary

On June 25, 1956, near Howell, Utah, two civilian observers aged 16 and 17 reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for about four seconds.

The object was round and white, about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. It looked like a white glow with a trail of flame. One observer was driving a truck at the time and saw the object low in the sky. The object was descending. It then exploded.

The Air Force concluded on its Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, that the color and the trail of flame indicated a meteor. The duration supported this. The card stated that the explosion indicated a bolide type meteor.

Reported location

Howell, Utah

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

UT / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
DO Was Balloon
25 June 1956 Howell, Utah DO Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. Pasay Rollogn |
; O Was Aircraft
Local x5 Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
oMT—__26/04567Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
D Yes ; O Probably Astronomical |
No Civilian (16 & 17 yrs of ag ) Possibly Astronomical XXX
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE © fio) 7 IRE Sh Rae Be
O Insufficient Date for Evoluation
; 0 Unknown
{, four seconds one descending
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round white object, the size of Color and trail of flame indicate
a nickel at arms length, like a white meteor. Duration of sighting
glow, with a trail of flame. The obj |substantiates. Explosion indi-
was descending. Object exploded. cates bolide type meteor,
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