Oklahoma City, OklahomaSeptember 1956

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Summary

On September 28, 1956, a resident of Oklahoma City reported seeing a round or oval object that appeared white or luminous yellow in color. The object was spotted in the southwest, traveling in an ascending course toward the west, and left a tail behind as it moved.

The reporting officer who filed the initial account concluded that the object was definitely a weather balloon. However, the Air Force investigators who reviewed the case disagreed with this assessment. They noted that the report did not contain enough evidence to fully support the officer's balloon conclusion. As a result, the Air Force rated the sighting as "probably balloon" rather than a definite identification, leaving some uncertainty about what was actually observed.

The case file itself is heavily degraded and difficult to read in most places, which limits what can be determined from the original documentation. The full case file, consisting of 7 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

OK / US

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
; Lgl A : : O Wos Bolloon
28 September 1956 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 0:C Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION W Torey See
. . OQ Was Aircraft
Locel Ge or ppmatiapsoaa Se QO Probobly Aircraft
GMT 20/003 CZ 0 Air Visuol DO Air-Intercopt Rador O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTO oS 0 Was Astronomical
- OVYes O Probably Astronomical
o'Ne Civilian DO Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENOTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CEE Ta am——
O (Insufficient Data for Eveluation
o : ; 0 Unknown
H0 mins plus one southwest
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Ona round oval white or luminous Rpting officer states that obj
vellow object, size unknown. Chject was definitely identified as a
was sighted in SW & left a tail to WX balloon, However, it is the
the SW, Object was noted in an opinion that this vrpt does not
ascending course to West, contain sufficient evidence to
warrant full concurrence with
the rpting offiver, Evaluation
is therefore, probably balloon,
ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967722