Oklahoma City, Oklahom, December 1955December 1955

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Summary

On December 17, 1955, many people across Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma reported strange objects in the sky. The Greenwich time was 0334Z on December 18. The reports came from civilians over a wide area.

Witnesses described streaks in the sky and the explosion of objects that looked like red and green flares. In Lincoln, Nebraska, a newspaper and a railroad yard reported loud explosions. A light aircraft near Kansas City reported it was almost hit by red and green flares. Reports came in from several states at about the same time. A check of local flying activity found no aircraft in the area at the time.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. Because the sightings covered such a wide area, the Air Force conclusion was that the object was a meteor.

Reported location

Oklahoma City, Oklahom, December 1955

Date of incident

December 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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; i : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Sse
1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION qh City, Oklahom 2. CONCLUSIONS
i D Wos Bolloon
4 17 Dec 55 Olathe, Kansas Lincoln, Nebr O Probably Balloon |
"| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Cl diately, Boliooh
| 0 Was Alicraft {
: [Ee] [Eth ol a Cl SR 35% Ground-Vi sual DO Ground-Rodar a Probably Aircraft
4 GMT 18/03342 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircroft
© | 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE X Was Astronomical Meteor
i O Yes : OD Probobly Astronomical
i +0 No civilian : fk D Possibly Astronomicol
~ | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [oi o 111 Troe SER He A REA Yl
: OD Insufficient Data for Evaluation
. | unknown many unknown O Unknown
i ————————————————————————————————————————————— i ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
© |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING WN: COMMENTS
~ | Many reports from Nebraska, Missouri & Wide area of observation indicates meteor.
| Oklahoma of starange ebjects - streaks in the
. | sky and explosion of some objs that looked
4 like red and green flares.
4 J
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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