McChord AFB, WashingtonJanuary 1956

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Summary

On January 23, 1956, at 4:00 p.m. local time, a circular disc-shaped object was sighted at McChord Air Force Base in Washington. The object measured one and a half feet in diameter, smaller than the moon, and was fire red in color. It emitted flames and appeared fuzzy. The object traveled in a level line into clouds. One witness observed the object for one minute. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a meteor based on the description of the object.

Reported location

McChord AFB, Washington

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

WA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 23 January 1956

2. LOCATION: McChord AFB, Washington

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible] GMT 23/1600Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: Yes / No [No is checked]

6. SOURCE: [illegible]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1 minute

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Circular disc, 1 1/2 feet in diameter. Smaller than the moon, fire, red, fuzzy and emitted flames. Traveled in level line into clouds.

11. COMMENTS: Limited data. Evaluation based upon description of object. Meteor.

12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkboxes visible for: Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]

AT IC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964643