Philadelphia, PAJuly 1955

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On July 12, 1955, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, civilian witnesses reported five objects over a period of about twenty minutes, each visible from five to fifteen seconds. The sighting was seen from the ground. No visual aids were used.

The objects were orange (per the husband) or yellow (per the wife). The first two seemed to travel north and northwest after appearing in the east. The third appeared in the north heading south, and the last two were seen in the east heading east. One observer was sure the objects were not aircraft.

The Air Force concluded the sighting fit a meteor shower. The comments note that a neighbor who also saw it dismissed the objects as shooting stars.

Reported location

Philadelphia, PA

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

PA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .
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1. DATE ) 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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12 ¥ Jul 55 | Philadelphia, Pa (8) asi Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION cob Betton Mgnt |
X¥6 4-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar O Was Aircraft |
Local Ee wr QO Probably Aircroft |
Ss SHOZ B Rive Vi sot D Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS T | 6. SOURCE 0. Was Astronomicalat apg
O Yes Q° Probobly Astronomical - =
& No civilian O Possibly Astronomical
A ee i i ete AS i en mr Sr SEE EE GEER
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE : SR eg oc ep ps |
from five to 15 seconds : : Sy Oo teks iB Enda
: over a period of 20 mins five See description
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10. BRIEP® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
rive, orange(husband) or yellow(wife) objs The sources' descriptions of the objs
appeared & intervals over the observers' house. | fit that of a meteor shower. A neighbor
he first two objs seemed to travel north and who aslo was an observer ra2fused to get
north-west after appearing in the east. The excited over the sightingbecnuse he dis-
third obj appeared in the north traveling South | missed the sighting as "shooting stars”.
and the remaining two were observed in the east, In the opinion of this i sighting is
traveling east. No visual aids used. The attributed to a meteor shower.
bserver positive that the objs were not a/c.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)
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