Rochester, IndianaMay 1956

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Summary

On May 7, 1956, at 8:04 a.m. GMT, a witness in Rochester, Indiana reported seeing one round object about three inches in diameter. The object was silver and green in color. It remained stationary during the observation. One aircraft scrambled in response identified the sighting as a fixed beacon light. The sighting duration and number of witnesses are listed as unknown. The Air Force evaluation concluded the object was a beacon light.

Reported location

Rochester, Indiana

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

IN / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 7 May 1956
2. LOCATION: Rochester, Indiana
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank] GMT 08/0047Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual [checked]
5. PHOTOS: No [checked]
6. SOURCE: Civilian - Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: unknown
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round object - three inches in diameter, color silver and green. One a/c scrambled UFOB identified as fixed beacon light.
11. COMMENTS: [blank]
12. CONCLUSIONS: Beacon Light [checked]

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