Roseburg, OregonJanuary 1956

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Summary

On January 8, 1956, at 1:12 a.m., a civilian near Roseburg, Oregon, five miles southwest of the city, observed a round white object with a small amount of sparks for two to three seconds. The object moved south with a sloping nose down trajectory. The witness was looking out a window at 45 degrees azimuth when the object appeared at the same azimuth and descended behind a hill without reappearing on the other side. Weather was clear and cold with 6,000 to 200 feet visibility and 25-knot winds. No high-altitude aircraft were operating in the area at the time. The Air Force investigation concluded the sighting was consistent with a meteor.

Reported location

Roseburg, Oregon

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 8 January 1956
2. LOCATION: Roseburg, Oregon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank] GMT 09/0120Z (N)
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual [checked], Air-Visual [blank], Ground-Radar [blank], Air-Intercept Radar [blank]
5. PHOTOS: Yes [blank], No [checked]
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2-3 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: south
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round white object with small amount of sparks.
11. COMMENTS: Meteor sighting.
12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [blank], Probably Balloon [blank], Possibly Balloon [blank], Was Aircraft [blank], Probably Aircraft [blank], Possibly Aircraft [blank], Was Astronomical Meteor [blank], Probably Astronomical [checked], Possibly Astronomical [blank], Other [blank], Insufficient Data for Evaluation [blank], Unknown [blank]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964541