Middletown, Pa., September 1952September 1952

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On September 13, 1952, observers from Dauphin and adjacent counties near Middletown, Pennsylvania sighted an object in the sky. The object was described as bluish white turning to yellow and traveling very fast from southeast to northwest. It was approximately 25 inches in diameter near the town of Lound. The object was last seen at 40-10N 76-40W appearing to go below hills west of Field across Susquehanna River. Observers reported a slight tail, which they said was due to the great rate of speed. No sound was heard. Weather was clear with 7 miles visibility. Winds were calm at 2000 feet at 250 degrees and 4000 feet at 320 degrees at 5 knots. No air traffic was in the area. All observers were on the ground and appeared reliable, with at least two being base guards. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a possible meteor.

Reported location

Middletown, Pa., September 1952

Date of incident

September 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
13 Sep 52

2. LOCATION
Middletown, Pa.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ______
GMT 0004

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

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X]No

6. SOURCE
Multiple

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Bluish white to yellow. Very fast.

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

12. COMMENTS
Possible meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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