Oklahoma City, OklahomaJuly 1956

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On July 16, 1956, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a civilian ground observer reported three lights. The report came in by letter from the commander of a Ground Observer squadron. The lights were in view for two to three minutes.

Each group of lights appeared to be made up of two lights. They were about the size of a silver dollar held at arm's length. The lights burned steadily and headed west. They were estimated to be at 5,000 feet. The witness heard a sound described as a rhythmic beat, almost like a rumble, and another observer called it a pulse.

The Air Force agreed with the reporting officer. The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, concluded the sighting was caused by an aircraft landing at Will Rogers Field, with its landing and navigational lights on at the time.

Reported location

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

OK / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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| 1. DATE x LOCATION 112. CONCLUSIONS [
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16 July 1956 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |O Probobly Belleon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ims 8 Possibly Balloon |
: Local | >KGround-Visuel Z Ground-Rador a See pT |
1 emt 17/04037 0 Air-Visval OC Air-Intetcept Rader DO Possibly Aircraft
¢ | 5. PHOTOS fd SOURCE 35d 0 Wos Astronomiccl |
3 0 Yes ‘0 Probably Astronomical |
: | Bo | Civilian (GCC) i Possibly Astronomical
—_—e 1 tavidian (GOC) 200000 0000
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (@BOMSPER Sev oy ina |
3 | a) suiiEtent Dota for Evaluation |
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| two to three minutes three | E to W bik
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Three lights each group apparently Received by letter from Comdr
made up of twe lights, size of silver Ground Observer Squadron of
dollar held at arms length. Steadily Oklahoma City, Concur with the
burning lights heading west, Lights opinion of the reporting officer
were estimated to be at 5,000 feet, that this sighting was caused
: Sound heard was described as a rhy- by the aircraft landing at Will
| thmic beat and almost similar to a Rogers Field with landing and
rumble. One observer described it as navigational lights at the time
a pulse, of the sighting,
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: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)

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