Pound & Nekoosa Wisconsin, November 1956November 1956

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Summary

On November 13, 1956, civilians saw objects over the area of Pound and Nekoosa, Wisconsin. One object was watched for a few seconds and a second for about one minute.

The first witness described one round blue object the size of a ball at arm's length. It had a tail about ten times the size of the object and looked larger than a falling star. It fell straight down in the west and went below the horizon. A second report described a long white light the size of a telephone pole two blocks away, with a tail as long as the object, which also fell straight down below the horizon.

The Air Force record card lists the cause as a meteor. The description, duration, flight path, and way the object disappeared all supported that finding. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Pound & Nekoosa Wisconsin, November 1956

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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E a "PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Se
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| Pound & Nekoosa 0
13 November 1956 Wisconsin bet A |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TIRE —
eI XXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Broboby Rivereft :
GMT | 0 Air Visual OQ Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOUR » | XXWas Astronomical Meteor
0 Yes | B Boveibly Astronomical
: XH No Civilian
b SR EG —
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |’ NUMBER OF OBJECTS Verticy 11y Po 8 ' insuticion rng gn eo
few seconds/one minut one : all :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round blue object, size of a ball Concur with reporting officer that
at arm's length, Object had a tail tgn //this sighting was caused by
times the size of the object. Object | a meteor. Description, duration,
looked larger than a falling star, flight path, and manner of disap
Object fell vertically in the west pearance support this hypothesis.
descending below the horizon, Object
was viewed for a few seconds,
2, One long white light, size of a
telephone pole two blocks away. Obj
had a tail as long as the obj. Obj
descended vertically disappearing
below the horizon, Obj disappeared after one minutein sight,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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