McDonald, PennsylvaniaAugust 1955

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Summary

On August 4, 1955, near 8:15 p.m. local time, a civilian ground observer in McDonald, Pennsylvania reported one saucer-shaped object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was described as saucer-shaped and fat in the middle. It was red, orange, and yellow. It moved slowly north on a 45 degree incline, then faded from view. The sighting lasted about four minutes. Weather included light showers with an overcast sky.

The Air Force noted the object moved against the wind and that local civilian air traffic was in the area. Officials said the duration and the fading supported an aircraft explanation and marked the case as possibly aircraft.

Reported location

McDonald, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

PA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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11. DATE ; 2. LOCATION ‘ 12. CONCLUSIONS
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L August 19535 McDonald, Permsylvanda O Probably Ballson
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION d Fousitly Gaileen
I X Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 3 Probably Aireraft
CMT ok/00152 Ang 55 0 AirVisval DO Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : + SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
X No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BT I th iui
1 : a Jib plas Data for Evaluation
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© lio. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963072