Medford, OregonDecember 1956

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Summary

On December 8, 1956, an airline crew saw one object over Medford, Oregon. The sighting was made from a commercial airliner flying at about 20,000 feet. The object was in view for about five seconds.

The report described one round white object with a streamer or tail. It was seen high above 16,000 feet, traveling north along the horizon. The sky above 16,000 feet was on top of broken clouds and in the clear. The observer believed it was not a meteor or comet.

The Air Force record card lists the cause as a meteor. The description, duration, and flight path pointed to a meteor. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Medford, Oregon

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

OR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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: Casta PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
DO Was Balloon
8 December 1956 Medford, Oregon 0 Probably Balloon
———————— = Ce 10 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local te 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Alreraft |
GMT 0 112 XM Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE Was Astronomi cal Meteor |
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
AMXNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [BLT RE 1 Lc SLATER |
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
0 Unknown |
five seconds one North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ; |
One round white object with Description, duration, flight
. streamer, Object was seen high path indicate sighting was
traveling north, Object was seen caused by a meteor.
traveling along the horizon for : |
five seconds. 5 |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) /
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968569