Near Harrisburgh, PAAugust 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 23, 1955, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a civilian who was watching the stars saw small objects in the sky. The observer was about five miles north of Rockville Bridge. The Air Force time stamp was 0425Z on August 24.

The witness reported small objects that changed colors, showing red, white, and blue. The objects looked about the size of a pea held at arm's length. They traveled from north to south on a wobbly course. The objects seemed very high. One was watched for about ten seconds before it disappeared into the city lights. The sky was clear with fair weather.

The Air Force noted the sighting was a possible meteor observation. However, it found the report lacked coherence and did not have enough data to evaluate. The card lists the case as insufficient data.

Reported location

Near Harrisburgh, PA

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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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; 23 Au ear isbure O Was Balloon
3 5 & 55 # Set gh, Pe DO Probably Balloon
. | 3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ce Hl |
O Was Aircraft

BOY lini imitiinis 8 Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Aircraft
A GMT 24/04 257, O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
; vd PHOTOS « SOURCE O Was Astronomical

: 0 Yes a Probably ie

38: No sii 11am DO Possibly Astronomico |
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE We DMO icici |
: EX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown

£ ten seconds each unknown N to S REEL, PRN RE NCR CREO

3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

] Small objs changing colors, seen to travel to | Possible meteor observation, however

the south from the north on & wobbly course. lack of ccherency in report and lack

1 Red, white and blue cbj seen for a period of |of sufficient data for evaluation.

: ten seconds. First diseppeared in city lights

4 but observer stated the objs were very high. |
1 The ohjs appeared to be size of a pea held :

] sy arms lengh.

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