Racine, WisconsinMarch 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 4, 1956, a civilian at Racine, Wisconsin, reported three objects in the night sky. The witness was an instructor for the Ground Observer Corps. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The observer described three round, white objects, each about the size of a shirt button. They were flying low and circling. The objects disappeared as though a light had been switched off. The sighting lasted about half an hour. The sky was clear with about 15 miles of visibility.

The Air Force noted the case might have been aircraft but said the objects stayed in the area for half an hour. The record said the witness should have been able to give more detail and that there was not enough data for analysis.

Reported location

Racine, Wisconsin

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

WI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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1 [ : !
] / PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 2 Zl : icy : ; 0 Was Bailoon |
3 4 March 1966 Racine, Wisconsin 0D Probably Balloon
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP A PEEP OBSERVATION SEs a ui, Ressibiy Buiobn
A re RYT i 0 Wos Aircraft
3 : LL pe XK XO Ground-Visual J Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
4 aur. 95020072 © 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical !
4 OVYes 0 Probably Astronomical
9 il “No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Di Btheyi ies shay
3 #13 Iasufficient Dato for Evaluation
; 1/2 hour three circling 0 Unknown
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : x
3 Three round objects, white color, siz Possible a/c sighting. Howver
4 of shirt button. Low: flying. Disappearled objects remained in area for
E as though it was a light and someone 1/2 hour. During this period
3 turned it off. witness should have been able
i to give some detail, Insuffici-
; ent data for analysis.
4 "ATIC FORM 329 (REY 25 3EP 32)

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