Juniata, Penn, August 1956August 1956

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Summary

On the night of August 27 to 28, 1956, a witness in Juniata, Pennsylvania saw one circular object with a clear dome on top. It looked about two to three feet across and had a very bright light that lit up the witness's back yard. The object rose straight up, gaining altitude, then headed north at high speed. The witness watched it for about three minutes before it faded out of sight. This was a civilian, ground visual report.

The same file also includes a separate sighting near Dayton, Ohio on August 27, 1956. A witness there saw one bright object like a star, about the size of a basketball, that seemed to grow smaller. An Air Force captain checked that report and identified it as the planet Mars.

The reports were filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Juniata, Penn, August 1956

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

13 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 13

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rae UFOB INDEX CARD roo ron vous
"OEY eo - . 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i 3
27-28 ing 56 Juniata, Perm O Wos Bolloon
O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possibly Balloon
28/02552 Aug 56 B Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor - Ag AR -
0 AirVisuel 0 Airelntercept Rodor O Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS . o Ke ng wn -
ove | civtiim fly es
LL SEER ——————————————————
7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TH RRR eee——"
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 17. COMMENTS J
One (1) circular objest with a plastic dome ATIC Form 164 sent %o source om li
protruding from the top. About 2 to 3 feet Sep 56, Results of analysis of
in diameter and having a very bright light form to be indicated in Monthly UFCB
which 1it wp the observer's beck yard, Cbject Sumnry yp 4
gained 20,000 feet of altitude by ascending
vertically and then headed north at a high LI? DEATHS EF
rate of speed. Object was viewed visually for .
three (3) mimmtes and disappeared by fading
out of sight,
AISOP Form 5 (1S Oct 54)

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