Near Murmansk, USSR, May 1956May 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 26, 1956, near Murmansk in the USSR, a round, disc-like object was observed at 1000 meters altitude by seammen from the Norwegian press. The object remained still briefly, then accelerated and disappeared into the sky. The sighting lasted 15 minutes. WX stations at Spitzbergen, Norway and Bear Island send up weather balloons and radiosondes periodically. Investigators suggested the observed object may have been one of these balloons rising against a white background and mistaken for a disc. However, the Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for conclusive evaluation.

Reported location

Near Murmansk, USSR, May 1956

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
26 May 1956 (?)

3. DATETIME GROUP
Local: not given
GMT: [illegible]

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
15 minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Orange/board ship observed round, disc like object at 1000 meters. After remaining still for a short period, picked up speed and vanished from sky.

2. LOCATION
Near Murmansk, USSR

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual   Ground-Radar
Air-Visual   Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Seamen (fm Norwegian Press)

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
unknown

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other:
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
WX stations are located at Spitzbergen (Norway) and Bear Island which send up balloons and radiosondes periodically. Possible that these, rising out of the white background, were mistaken for "discs". However, insufficient data for conclusive evaluation.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965735