Philadelphia, Pa., July 1955July 1955

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Summary

On July 12, 1955, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a civilian 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. The observer was sure the objects were not aircraft.

The Air Force concluded the sighting could be attributed to possible meteor activity. The comments note that a neighbor who also saw it dismissed the objects as shooting stars.

Reported location

Philadelphia, Pa., July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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1. DATE Aa | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
12 : O Was Balloon
<3 July 1955 Philadelphia, Pa, 0 Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION HB Possibly Balloon
| ie PRE RANCROSOR E WA POR O Ground-Radar 3 Brolisly Arpersty
GMT 13-03L02 July 1955 O Air Visual O Air-Intercapt Radar | J Possibly Aircraft : d
- 5. PHOTOS Fag er gl RE O Was Astronomicalt +7 J és
O Yes 5 goy Astronomical
W No ? Civilian ossibly Astronomical |
Vitae n . Ee ————————————— PM H
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Oe. : |
'rom five to fifteen second a hd hl Dota for Evaluation |
over a period of 20 Hnrutes, Five (5) See Descriptio |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS oi
ive (5), orange (husband) or yellow (wife) The sources! descriptions of the objects]
objects appeared at intervals over the obser=| could possible fit that of a neteerite
vers! house, The first two objects seemed to shower, A neighbor who was 450 a obs srvhp
| travel north and north-west after appearing refused to get excited over the sighting
in the east. The third object appeared in because he dismissed the sighting as . |
the north traveling south and the remaining "shcoting stars". Tn the opinion of
two were observed in the east, traveling east this headquarters the sizhting can
lo visual aids used, The observer was po- be attributed to a possible meteor
sitive that the objects were not aircraft. activity, |
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) Ai a ey | |
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