(near) Lancaster, Penn., February 1957February 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 11, 1957, a civilian near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was brightly shining and looked about the size of a normal two engine propeller aircraft.

The object appeared to hover in the sky and was watched for about five minutes. It disappeared when the witness made a right turn on the road. The course was reported as stationary.

The Air Force said the description and the hovering effect suggested the sighting was probably caused by a balloon. Because the data was not conclusive, the case was also listed as insufficient data.

Reported location

(near) Lancaster, Penn., February 1957

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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or ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i |
Ty RE gi Z LOCATION | 72. CONCLUSIONS
D  Wos Balloon |
11 February 1957 (near) Lancaster, Penn. O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
i oh i O Wos Aircroft
Leet ——— BGround- Visual DO Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
L © GMT. 1 1/ 12307 dott AGL 0 Air Visuel 0 Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft | |
.ISTPROTOS: Ak ~~ | 8 SOURCE : O Was Astronomical t
To a O Yes : 3 Nebr O Probably Astronomical
“i abs a XE 5 Civilian ) O Possibly Astronomical t
" {7 LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8B Oar
gee $s oe i BX Insufficient Date for Evaluation |
: ’ 5 : 0 Unknown i
. five minutes one stationar a
| mw. emi=F SUMMARY OF SIGHTING. ++ #0¢0 nurs furor biomass bss Wa CRMMENTR 0 . . . |
14 oe or $e Le ae : IE TL AC TE [Re fogs at
TF One prightly shining object the approx ~-Description and vhovering" effect
| [mate size of a2 normal two engime prop- indicates that this sighting was |
& type aircraft. Object disappearec. when probably caused by a balloon.
~~} source made a right turn on the road, However data not conclusive and
.-'] Object was seen visually for five case is listed as idsufficient
| ,.] minutes. Object appeared to be hover- data.
L Ldeg in the sky.
| Notrpt on file.
Wo. LE i JES . :
i 5 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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