Jackson, Missippi, October 1956October 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 24, 1956, a civilian saw several objects over Jackson, Mississippi. The witness happened to glance up while driving a car. The objects were in sight for about 13 to 15 seconds.

The report described four to six objects that were bead shaped and oblong. They were the size of a pea and silver in color. They were widely spaced in a straight line and did not maneuver. The objects held the same position relative to each other. They gradually went out of sight and changed to a gray color. The weather was clear with only a few wispy clouds.

The Air Force card suggested the sighting was possibly aircraft. Because of the short duration and limited data, the case was carried as insufficient data for evaluation. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Jackson, Missippi, October 1956

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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Sl PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Sa i gba : : 0 Wos Balloon
__=a Ge tober 1956 Jackson Missiprni 0 Probubly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TTR Pessivy Batten
tocol | xD Ground-Visual DO Ground-Radar - Schly River
24/13%3307 0 i
| PRA 13 us va 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft :
EE ee ete ee. ee A Set te Se A SE SS A SR
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
QC Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
Xa Ne i Ci vilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR RE SENSE
OD Insufficient Date for Evaluation
10-15 d 0 Unknown
U-15 seconds 4-0 NE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Four to six objects bead shaped and Possibly o/c however due to short
le or 1 5 a= » ; : : : . : :
oblong, size of pea, color silver, duration and limited data prescntcld
Ubjects widely spaced straight line case is carried as insufficient d
not maneuvering, held same relative data for ovaluation,
rosition to each other, Gradually went
out of sight and changed to gray color, es:
ATIC FORM 329 (R¥V 26 SEP 52)
Ee 0 A A abi dt kp

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