Newport, PennsylvaniaJuly 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 21, 1955, in Newport, Pennsylvania, a civilian reported a shapeless, yellow and white object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object flashed off and on over a period of 15 to 20 minutes. The number of objects was unknown. The witness thought it might possibly have been aerial photography.

The card notes the investigation was assigned to a field unit. Results were to be added later once a follow-up form was received. No final conclusion is recorded on the card.

Reported location

Newport, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

PA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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Wal w UFOB INDEX CARD A789 im0B.231-56 i’
RATE a j LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS %
: O Woes Balloon \
<x July 1955 Newport, Pennsylvania O Probably Balloon % )
3. DATE-TIME GROUP J | & TYPE OF OBSERVATION A Brit tli Bt AR
Loeal & Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a i [pg craft :
| GMT 2 015 July 1555 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHPTOS « SOURCE O Was Astronomical :
QO Yes 3: ; O Probably Astronomical
Eno Ai | | Civilian O Possibly Astronomical IER,
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOTs niin sins IF.
| NENA is : O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Fifteen to twenty minutes Unimowvn | Unknown cht ihe
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS Bd
| Shapeless, yellow and white object(s) seen to Tnvestigation assigned to Flight 3«F | |
| | f1ash off and on over a period of 15 to 20 | L602d AIS. Results of the investigabio
minutes, The observer was of the opinion that| to be recorded on this card upon recei
it could have pessibly have been aerial photoe| of 112 on this sighting, |
: AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) Shame
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