LaCrosse, WisconsinApril 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On April 14, 1952, near LaCrosse, Wisconsin, an airline pilot reported unidentified flying objects. The Air Force record lists the time as about 1838 (6:38 p.m.).

The witness described several light colored objects flying in a V formation. They were said to travel at high speed and to change positions within the formation. The objects made straight and level movements.

Documents in the file note that the captain of a commercial airliner and others witnessed the event, but little follow-up was done. Because key details such as the number of witnesses and the length of the sighting were never gathered, the case could not be firmly explained. On the Air Force record card, the case was marked Unknown.

Reported location

LaCrosse, Wisconsin

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

WI / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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| | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a |
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| Y. DATE ’ ( "2. LOCATION ( 12. CONGLUSIONS |
! 5 : LaCrosse, Wisconsin U Wos Balloon
13 Apr 22 | dined 5 a] Probably Balloon
 |'3. pate-Time GROUP © 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ET TTT Sn— :
fe b 0 Woes Aircraft
Local ~—y dR CST HK Ground- Visual 0) Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircroft
CMT... / v7] 1838 *€ i 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
“5. PHOTOS = | WE 8. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
0 Yes 4 ¢ O Probebly Astronomicel
No alrline pilot O Possibly Astronomicol ; i
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION "I's. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Otheeld Maite pl vei £0
: ‘ ive Insufficient Data for Evaluation
several 52 Unknown
10. BRIGF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |). COMMENTS Am
Light colored. Straight and level Objects traveling at high
: nangcuvers., : speed and changing positims in 2
\ 1 V-formation.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) a tJ per. : | i

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941334