North of Ontario, Canada, October 1956October 1956

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Summary

On October 15, 1956, north of Ontario, Canada, military observers reported one object appearing round and burning. A light green color glowed very intensely. The object appeared as a flare and became brighter. It left a trail of light green behind, surrounded by smoke. The object headed east to west and was falling. A pilot moving fast to west at high rate of speed observed the event. The Air Force evaluation was Unknown.

Reported location

North of Ontario, Canada, October 1956

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 October 1956

2. LOCATION
North of Ontario, Canada

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT D-L sept 19/0150Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[X] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
Military (Canada)

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
unknown

8. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object appearing round and burning. A light green color glowed very intens-sly appeared as a flare and became brighter at left a trail of light green behind surrounded by smoke. Headed East to west and falling. Moving east to west at high rate of speed.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical [illegible]
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other_________
[X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

9. COURSE
E to W

11. COMMENTS
Lateral movement and speed rules out flare, trail, color, speed & description indicate meteor sighting.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967958