Nebraska City, NebraskaDecember 1951

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Summary

On December 1, 1951, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, a civilian witness reported observing a blue light in the sky moving northwest in flight toward the southeast. The object was 10 to 20 seconds in duration and appeared to be 25 to 30 feet in diameter with a case iron composition. As the witness approached the glow, its size increased and color became bright orange. The witness observed the object sitting on the ground 10 to 15 yards from the edge of a road. The object featured a row of port holes approximately 1 foot from the top and about 10 inches in diameter. Orange glow came from the holes. A below-port holes row was another similar row of holes. The Air Force evaluation attributed the sighting to psychological causes due to the nature and delay of the report.

Reported location

Nebraska City, Nebraska

Date of incident

December 1951

State / country

NE / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: Dec 1951

2. LOCATION: Nebraska City, Nebraska

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: 2 AM
GMT: [illegible]

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Not Reported

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: On Ground

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Blue light observed in sky to NW in flight to SE. Blue orange light orange glow in sky as witness approached glow size increased and color became bright orange. Witness observed bottle shape object sitting on ground 10 - 15 yds from edge of road. Observed object from 10 to 20 seconds. Described as 25 to 30 ft in diameter and appeared to be made of case iron. About 1 ft from top was row of port holes 10 inches in diameter. Orange glow came from the holes. Below port holes was another row about the same size.

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

11. COMMENTS
(Cont) Bluish flame projected from these holes, but light on activity is on ground object. No antenna or projection noted. One witness. Reported sighting on 26 Jul 1952.(Months after sighting)

Evaluation psychological causes, due to nature and delay of report.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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