Venezuela, March 1956March 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 13, 1956, at 3:00 a.m. local time, a violet-colored luminous object with a red light was reported over Barquisimeto, Venezuela. The object made several passes over the area at an altitude of about 2,000 meters and was larger than an aircraft. It emitted a blue wake from its rear. The tower at Barquisimeto Airport saw the object, and no airplane was reported in the area at the time. Photos were taken of the object. The luminous object was also reported flying over the town of Carora. The witness data was insufficient for analysis.

Reported location

Venezuela, March 1956

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 13 March 1956
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 0300 GMT 1320/0302
4. PHOTOS: Yes not Yes No received

2. LOCATION: Venezuela
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual Air-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Intercept Radar
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: not reported
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: not reported

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Violet colored luminous object with red light made several passes over airstrip. Altitude estimated at 2,000 meters. Object larger than a/c and had blue wake coming from rear. Round shape. Reported photos taken of object. Also reports of luminous object over town Carora.

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

11. COMMENTS: Photos not sent. Object appearing several different towns indicate a meteor; however, witness had time to run out of hotel and take pictures. Also one report indicated several passes over airstrip. Not indicated whether obj in sight continuously. Insufficient data for analysis.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965153