Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAugust 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On August 18, 1956, a military witness in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0208Z and lasted about one hour and forty-five minutes.

The witness described one circular object about the size of a baseball held at arm's length. The object had a pendulum-like swing. It was reported at about 10,000 feet altitude and was watched with the naked eye.

The Air Force said the description and the long duration pointed to an astronomical body such as Mars. The evaluation was astronomical.

Reported location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

PA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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& 0 Wos Bolloon
18 Juzust 1956 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5 Sar 14 oo
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION WTI. T—
0 Was Aircraft
emr_19,02082 OD AirVisva! O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS OX *Was Astronomical ata r/pl 1 SHES
0 Yes O Probably Astronomicel |
» O'Ne Military O Possibly Astronomicol |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF ORJECTS | 9. COURSE | RRR — |
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
~ } 0 Unknown
1 hr 15 mins ong pendulum 1
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | |
| Cne circular object the size of a Description and duration indica-
baseball at arm's length, Object had tive of astro hody observation
a pendulum swing, Object was sighted such as Mars,
at 10,000 feet altitude. Object was
observed visually for 1 hr 45 ninutes
No Report In File
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
3 500000 si SO P20 8 rb ire Sai ie go ia : Re, ies VELA :

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