Washington, D.C., November 1956November 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 28, 1956, at about 6:00 a.m., a civilian saw one object over Washington, D.C. The witness was a clerk-typist who awoke and looked out her bedroom window. The object was watched for about ten minutes.

The report described a dome shaped object the size of a large beach umbrella, white in color. It was about 25 degrees above the horizon in a westerly direction. The object moved north and disappeared after about five minutes, then returned to its original position. It stayed for about another five minutes before moving north and disappearing again. The morning was cloudless with about 15 miles of visibility, though radar was not working.

The preparing officer noted the bedroom windows were covered with a plastic storm material. He suggested light refraction or distortion may have been mistaken for an object. He said there was not sufficient data for a firm evaluation. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Washington, D.C., November 1956

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

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3 of “ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - i
pi 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
go DO Wos Balloon
£ 28 November 1956 Washington, D.C. BH «Rrebaply Gelloan
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ine sy Re Son
Local ——— XX Ground- Visual 0, Ground-Radar 9 x bably Airerat
EE GMT 28/1100Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol :
i 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
4 XRNo Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (og oh 1 pit EER
| Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
; 0 Unknown
PF ten minutes one North
§ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 One object dome shaped, size of large Of preparing officer, 112 possi-
| beach umbrella, color white. Observer ble light fefraction, However,
EE first noted object through her bed- there is not sufficient data for
1 room window, Watched object for 5 min-| a firm evaluation.
| utes as it moved north and disappeared
EE Shrotly it reappeared and remained
ge in postion for another 5 minutes and
i again moved northward and disappeared.
If E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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