Norfolk, VirginiaAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 4, 1956, civilian witnesses near Norfolk, Virginia, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0630Z (night). The object was seen by four airline pilots.

The witnesses described one streak-shaped object with a trail. The color was bright green. The object streaked through the sky and disappeared by exploding in a burst of light. A smoke trail estimated at about 55 feet was visible after the explosion. The total duration was not known.

The controller at the air division thought it was probably a meteor. The Air Force agreed the sighting was probably astronomical, most likely a meteor of the bolide type.

Reported location

Norfolk, Virginia

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

VA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

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Ss 3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 3 :
1. DATE i LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 3
O Was Ball 3
4 August 1956 Nor folk, Virginia o Probably Balloon E
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ==—==10 Possibly Balloon :
Local — nGround- Vi svol O Ground-Radar = Probably Alveraft 3
omM7_04/06302 0 AirVisval 0 Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS > la Wes Astronomical MC LEOT
O Yes Probably Astronomical
; Ro Civilian O Possibly Astronomical °
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CURR RR EI AE
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation ;
O Unknown
nknown one unknown : :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS :
One streak-shaped object with trail. Concur with reporting offiver
Color was bright green. Object streakéd that sighting was probably
through sky and disappeared by astronomical; most likely a
exploding (explosion of light). Smoke meteor of the Bolide type.
trail estimated to be 55 feet long
was visible after explosion. Duration : :
of sighting unknown,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32) 7 |
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