Warrenton, VirginiaJune 1956

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Summary

This case concerns a sighting near Warrenton, Virginia, in June or July 1956. The witness, an Army specialist who was a civilian when he wrote the report, described it in a letter dated April 1958. He could not fix the exact date. He saw 6 or 7 lights for about 5 to 7 minutes around 2 a.m.

The witness was walking near Rockville, Maryland. He first saw a single glowing light down a hill near a house, larger than a simple bulb. More lights then rose one above the other, each about 2 feet across. They glowed steady white and swayed slowly from side to side as they rose. He estimated he was about 200 yards away. The lights made no sound. They later settled back toward the ground and did not reappear.

Air Force officers noted the report came two years late, which made investigation worthless. The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, listed the conclusion as an other, unreliable report because it was too old.

Reported location

Warrenton, Virginia

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

VA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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pe) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
= 0 Was Balloon
June on Ju Ly 1956. | Warrenton, Virginia =. (5 Gwkdy Beleen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION gi Asante
ANT 03 Vi ps 0 Was Aircraft |
Ty sii FN Ge SE Eel .1 Sround- Visual D Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft !
Te] VT pe RE rN I I 0 AirVisual DO Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes MER O Probably Astronomical
XH No Civilian (then military) CO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE xxother Unreliable Rop
O Insufficient Dora for Evaluation
pre : i a Unknown
o~7 minutes 6 or 7 stationar :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Letter written in 1958 regarding a Other (unreliable rpt: too old)
sighting in 1956 of lights that
moved around, first impression was
that they were ground lights. Soft
cbwing about 2 ft in diameter,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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