Newport, OregonNovember 1956

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Summary

On November 16, 1956, a civilian and military observer in Newport, Oregon reported sighting one round red object about the size of a pillow held at arm's length. The object was first seen with a tail at 9:42 a.m., then reflected in a nearby lake. It moved straight up 90 degrees to the northwest and slowly faded in the sky after being visible for one hour. The sighting was ground-visual. An ATIC form was sent on November 19, 1956 to gather more information. No evaluation appears in the provided pages.

Reported location

Newport, Oregon

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
16 November 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Same
GMT 16/0840Z

2. LOCATION
Newport, Oregon

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual (checked) Ground-Radar (unchecked)
Air-Visual (unchecked) Air-Intercept Radar (unchecked)

5. PHOTOS
Yes (unchecked) No (checked)

6. SOURCE
Civilian & Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
one hour

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
see below

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon (unchecked)
Probably Balloon (unchecked)
Possibly Balloon (unchecked)
Was Aircraft (unchecked)
Probably Aircraft (unchecked)
Possibly Aircraft (unchecked)
Was Astronomical (unchecked)
Probably Astronomical (unchecked)
Possibly Astronomical (unchecked)
Other (unchecked)
Insufficient Data for Evaluation (unchecked)
Unknown (unchecked)

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round red object the size of a pillow at arm's length. Object had a tail first seen // 19 Nov 56. Results will be on monthly UFOB Summary. Mars in a reflection in the lake. Object moved straight up then 90 dgr to the Northwest. Object slowly faded in the sky after having been seen visually for one hour.

11. COMMENTS
In order to obtain more info. ATIC Form 164 sent to Source on 19 Nov 56. Results will be on monthly UFOB Summary. Mars in a west at 20 dgr elevation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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