Salineville, OhioNovember 1956

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Summary

On November 11, 1956, civilian and military witnesses saw one object over Salineville, Ohio. The object was watched for several minutes.

The report described one long, light object about two feet in circumference. It appeared brightest about every 45 seconds. It moved in a several mile arc at a very high altitude.

The Air Force record card lists the cause as probably an aircraft. The description, duration, and flight path pointed to an aircraft. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Salineville, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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Tuk 8 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD erty |
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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11 November 1956 | Salineville, Ohio 0 dt 14 a
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : JP TYRES Sa—" |
Local _— ExGround- Vi suel O Ground-Radar RIBreb ly Riv p_—u |
om7__11/2350Z lh 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
S. PHOTOS « § O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
2 Me ivilian & Mi AT Q O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE PR TORR TA ra
- ed Doto for Evaluation
several minutes one unknown /
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One long light object, two feet Description, duration, and
inéircmmference. Object appeared flight path indicate that this
brightest every 45 seconds, Object sighting was probably caused
moved in a 3 mile arc at a very high| by an aircraft,
altitude. Object was seen visually |
for several minutes.
! No Report in File.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968260