McKeesport, PennsylvaniaNovember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On November 2, 1956, civilians saw three objects over McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The main witness worked at a steel company. About 25 people watched the objects for roughly four minutes.

The report described three round, bright red objects the size of a pinhead at arm's length. They were in a scattered formation and glowed. They were first seen about 45 degrees above the horizon and faded out at 270 degrees. One object led while the other two crossed its path. They appeared to move at great speed at an estimated 40,000 feet. The objects were seen with the eyes and through binoculars.

A control tower and a radar squadron received no reports that could confirm the sighting, and no jets were flying nearby. Because of the time delay, no aircraft were sent up. The Air Force record card lists the cause as probably aircraft. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

PA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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ERS PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : ati
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
OD Wes Balloon |
Novemhe 056A McKeesna Dann s An ig O Probably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION VT v—
ony 02701302 O Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Rader | © Possibly Aircraft
S.. PHOTO! « SOUR O Was Astronomicol
0 Yes O Probably Astronemicel
Ne | Civilian O Possibly Astronemicel |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I ies §
J oo A Dote for Evaluation
__four minutes | three Westerly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Three round bright red objects, size o J |
head of pin at arm's length, Objs were Probably a/c sighting.
in scattered formation,glowing. Objs were
first seen at 45dgr elevation, azimuth
unknown & disappeared at 270dgr azi, |
elevation, unknown, Obj was seen in a :
westerly course w/one obj leading,othe
two intermittently crossing its path,
Objs appeared to be moving at great rat -
of speed at 40,000 ft, Objs were seen
|visually and through binoculars for 4
minutes by approx 25 witnesses,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) gh
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968155