Waupun, WisconsinMay 1956

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Summary

On May 14, 1956, a civilian in Waupun, Wisconsin reported seeing one round flashing red light about the size of a baseball for three minutes. The object flew in a straight direction. The observation type was marked as ground-visual. The Air Force noted in its comments that the flashing red light, duration, and straight flight path all suggest the probable sighting of an aircraft-generated navigational light. The evaluation was marked unknown.

Reported location

Waupun, Wisconsin

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

WI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

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
14 May 1956               Waupun, Wisconsin              [ ] Was Balloon
                                                          [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP         4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION        [ ] Possibly Balloon
Local                     [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
GMT    15/0219Z           [ ] Air-Visual    [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS                 6. SOURCE                      [ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Yes                   Civilian                       [X] Probably Aircraft
[X] No                                                   [ ] Possibly Aircraft

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
three minutes             one                   unknown
                                                straight direction
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING        11. COMMENTS
One round flashing red light, the     Flashing red light, duration,
size of a baseball held at arm's      and straight flight path all
length. Seen for three minutes to     indicate the probability of an
fly a straight course.                aircraft generated sighting.
                                      (navigational light).

ATIC FORM 339 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965637