Liberty, IndianaAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 9, 1956, near Liberty, Indiana, a civilian reported seeing three objects in a trail formation. The objects were about the size of a half-dollar and appeared to have a trail or exhaust behind them. They moved in a southwesterly direction across the sky. Objects were very bright and moved at a fast rate of speed. The sighting lasted about 10 seconds. Other observers viewed the objects out of sight. The Air Force evaluation is not clearly stated on the available pages.

Reported location

Liberty, Indiana

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

IN / 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
9 August 1956

2. LOCATION
Liberty, Indiana

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
GMT 09/0817Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[ ] Air-Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1.5 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
three

9. COURSE
southwesterly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three objects, in a trail formation, approximately the size of a half-dollar, appeared to have a trail or exhaust behind them. Objects moving in a southwesterly direction across the sky. Objects were very bright and moving at a very fast rate of speed. Course a very fast rate of speed. Objects were viewed for 10 seconds. Objects disappeared out of sight.

11. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unidentified

12. COMMENTS
Description of sighting and duration indicate that sighting was probably caused by meteors.

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