Panama City, FloridaOctober 1956

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Summary

On October 28, 1956, military and civilian witnesses in Panama City, Florida, reported seeing four red-orange cigar-shaped objects. The objects were about 90 feet long. They started in a vertical position, one above the others. Three objects moved backwards and forwards. Then three converged with one above and went into a diamond formation. The objects disappeared beyond the horizon. The sighting lasted thirty to forty-five seconds. An additional white object about five feet long appeared as a flash of white light, moved in a slight arc at first, then went straight down. It disappeared beyond the horizon and was seen for ten to fifteen seconds. The Air Force found no known objects could account for the sightings.

Reported location

Panama City, Florida

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
28 October 1956

2. LOCATION
1. Panama City, Florida
2. Tyndall AFB, Florida

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1. 29/0032Z
GMT 2. 29/0350Z

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

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
1. Military & Civilian
2. Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1. thirty seconds
2. ten to fifteen secs.

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
four
one

9. COURSE
800 below

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
1) Four red-orange cigar shaped objs, size of poa at arms length; objs stargazed in vertical position one on top of others moving back and forth. 3 above, then went into diamond formation. Obj lost in two by intervening obj. Obj observed visually for thirty seconds.
2) One white obj size of five cent piece at arm's length. Obj appeared as a flash of white light. Obj moved in slight arc at first & then straight down. Obj disappeared beyond horizon. Obj seen visually for 10-15 seconds. No Report in file.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[X] Was Astronomical(METEOR)
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Description, flight path, manner of disappearance, and duration indicate this sighting was caused by a meteor.

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