Newport, Rhode IslandApril 1956

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Summary

On April 5, 1956, a civilian at Newport, Rhode Island, reported one object. The report came in by letter and was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness said the object was circular and about the size of a large grapefruit at arm's length. It was silver. It appeared in the north at an azimuth of about 350 degrees and at an angle of about 45 degrees. The object disappeared by whirling into the haze. It was seen through binoculars. Visibility was unlimited with no surface wind. The sighting lasted about five minutes.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly a weather balloon. The record said the description and color matched piball balloons released on clear days.

Reported location

Newport, Rhode Island

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

RI / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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fi a PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
DO Was Ball
5 April 1956 Newport, Rhode Island 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EX XPossibly Balloon
Local — APGround- Visuel 0 Ground-Rador 8 4 Lag EN
] emt 05/1730Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
fo O Yes O Probably Astronomical
X@& No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
f 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OC CORE ne a
: | seen in northl|oO pst slent Dota for Evaluation
| five minutes | one rob stationarj” Unknown
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i
] One circular object, the size of a Received by letter, Rue to
: large grapefruit held at arm's length the description of the object
1 silver in color, appeared in the and the fact that the color of
| north at an azimuth of appoboximately the object compares with pibald
3 350 dgrs and at an angle of elevation balloons released on clear
3 of 45 Hgrs. The object disappeared by days, it is the opinion of this
i "whirling into the haze.,'" Seen thru h8 that this sighting was
4 binoculars of unknown pdbr, Visibilit possibly generated by a weathe
1 was unlimted with no surface wind at balloon.
4 the time of the sighting.
i No ReForT IN FiLE
3 "ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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