Oklahoma City, OklahomaMay 1956

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Summary

On May 29, 1956, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting. The report came in by letter on June 5, 1956. The object was watched for two hours and five minutes.

The object was round and about the size of a match head held at arm's length. It was silver in color. It was first seen at about 30 degrees elevation in the south. It passed overhead heading north, then faded away in the north at about 30 degrees elevation. The object made no erratic or fast moves. Aircraft were scrambled with negative results.

The Air Force noted the duration, the course, the description, and the winds aloft, which were 200 degrees at 25 knots. The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, concluded the sighting was probably caused by a balloon. The case file also held an unrelated foreign press report.

Reported location

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

OK / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. CATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Boll
29 May 1956 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma BS XP robably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0, Parainly Baie
Loco) ooo AX Ground: Visual 0 Ground-Radar e £1
CMT_29 0 Air Visvol B Airintorcept Radar |B. Possibly Alrerolt
5. PHOTOS : .» SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
O Yes O Probebly Astronomicel
Ne Civilian . D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0,0thet——
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
A 3 DO Unknown
two hours, five mlns one northerl
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS received by letter, 5
One round object, the size of a match June 1956.
head held atarms length, silver in
color. The object was first sighted Due to the duration of the sight
at approximately 30 dgr elevation in ing, the course of the object,
the South, passed overhead heading the description of the object, and
: north, and faded away in the north at | the winds-aloft (200 dgr, 25 knoiys)
approximately 30 dgrs elevation. The jt is the opinion of this hq
object made no erratic or speedy man- | that this sighting was probably
euvers during the course of the sight generated by a balloon,
ing, Aircraft gcrambled with negative
results,
No Report In File
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)
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RC TAAL Se BE RA AE Ua ga

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965739