Newport, Penna, July 1955July 1955

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Summary

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

The sighting lasted about 15 to 20 minutes. The number of objects was listed as unknown.

An Air Force investigation found a possible hoax. The observer had given a name but could not be located after an extensive search. Because the witness could not be questioned, no firm conclusion was reached.

Reported location

Newport, Penna, July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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0 : 00 A PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD he
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| : 0 Wes Boll |
2 Jul 55 Newport, Penna Q Probably Belloon |
BB |'3. oATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION wl i ttt : |
| TT : & Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar 8 Brehaily Sirerets
1 B GM 21/04152 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar |O Possibly Aircraft
: S. PHOTOS : SOURCE O Was Astronomical
QYes : DO Probably Astronomical
XB No c ¢c 1 v il1ian OD Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE » Otheroax
OD Insufficient Date for Evaluation
15-20 min unk O Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
fn apeless vel Tow % White obj (s) seen to Investigation by L4L682D revealed a
flash off and on. possible hoax. Observer gave name of
: YD L Jones" and could not be located
SEE after extensive search to perform in-
: terrogation. Ref: 3F-UFOB-2-55, ATIC
. | (NO CASE IN FILE) #228974, dtd 30 Ju} 55 on file in ATIC
| repository.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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