unknown, WisconsinMay 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 10, 1956, a prisoner at Waupun, Wisconsin, reported one object. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. This was a later report from the same observer.

The witness said the object was round and about the size of a baseball at arm's length. It was red and followed a smooth, even flight path. At first it was believed to be an aircraft. The sighting lasted about two minutes.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly caused by the exhaust of a jet aircraft. The record cited the even flight path, the duration, and the color.

Reported location

unknown, Wisconsin

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

WI / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
unkown, Wisconsin O Was Bolioon
10 May 1956 later rpt,same obsrvr,WaupunO Probably Balloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possibly Balloon
b XX Was Aircraft
: Loco! —_— RiGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probobly Aircraft
3 GMT 11/0247Z 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
i 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
: 0 Yes ; 0 Probably Astronomical
: XKNo Prisoner O Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CAL CY A ER
O Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
y 0 Unknown
E two minutes one unknown
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
One round object, the size of a base- Due to even flight path, dura-
3 ball held at arm's length. Smooth tion and color, it is the opin-
4 flight path, At first believed to be ion of this headquarters that
3 aircraft, Object was red in color, this sighting was possibly
E caused by the exhaust of jet
i aircraft, ;
; ATIC FORM 379 (REV 26 SEP 33)
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