Jackson, MississippiJuly 1956

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Summary

On July 3, 1956, a civilian in Jackson, Mississippi reported seeing two round objects about the size of a silver dollar. The objects were blue-white in front with a reddish flame tail. They appeared simultaneously, one behind the other, traveling in a straight line. The sighting lasted one second with no sound reported. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as an astronomical event, likely a meteor.

Reported location

Jackson, Mississippi

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

MS / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
   3 July 1956                      Jackson, Mississippi          [ ] Was Balloon
                                                                    [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [X] Possibly Balloon
   Local ___________                X[ ] Ground-Visual            [ ] Was Aircraft
   GMT: 04/01302                     [ ] Ground-Radar            [ ] Probably Aircraft
                                     [ ] Air-Visual              [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                        6. SOURCE                       [X] Was Astronomical  Meteor
   [ ] Yes                          Civilian                      [ ] Probably Astronomical
   [X] No                                                         [ ] Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION         8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE  [ ] Other
   one second                       two              straight line [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
                                                                    [ ] Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING    11. COMMENTS
   Two objects round, teardrop size of   Bolide observation.
   silver dollar. Color blue white in
   front with reddish flame tail. No
   sound. Objects appeared simultaneously
   one behind the other.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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