Rossville, GeorgiaSeptember 1956

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Summary

On September 12, 1956, in Rossville, Georgia, a civilian witness observed an unidentified object for three to five minutes. The object was described as round and chrome colored, about two-thirds the size of the moon. It traveled from southeast to northwest and disappeared behind trees. The witness viewed it visually for three to five minutes. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a probable aircraft. A returned Form 164 analysis indicated sighting probably caused by reflection in high-flying aircraft. The form noted the object round, about 30 percent of initial reported size, appeared like a mirror reflecting sun rays, traveled at 600 to 800 mph at about 30,000 feet altitude from southeast to north, and disappeared after 3 to 5 minutes near observing trees. The sighting was evaluated as probable aircraft.

Reported location

Rossville, Georgia

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

GA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
12 September 1956

2. LOCATION
Rossville, Georgia

3. TIME GROUP
Local
12/2235Z
GMT

4. TYPE OF
Observation
X19 Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Radar
Air-Interceptor Radar

5. SOURCE
Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
three to five minutes

8. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT, TWO THIRDS SIZE OF MOON. ONE ROUND, CHROME OBJECT, TWO THIRDS SIZE OF MOON. OBJECT TRAVELED FROM SE TO NW & DISAPPEARED BEHIND TREES. OBJECT WAS VISUALLY VIEWED VISUALLY FM THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.

9. No Report in File

12. CONCLUSIONS
Unknown
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. COURSE
SE to NW

11. COMMENTS: Returned Form 164 Analysis of returned Form 164 indicates sighting probably caused by reflection fm high-flying a/c. Form diff fm the description differ fm the of initial rpt. Obj round, abt size a/c. appeared like a mirror reflecting sun rays. Traveling at 600-800 mph at about 30,000 ft altitude fm SE to N. Disappeared b trees near observer. Sighting evaluated as probable a/c.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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