West Palm Beach, FloridaSeptember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 29, 1956, in West Palm Beach, Florida, a civilian witnessed several objects in the sky. The observer reported seven objects arranged in a square formation, with three objects the size of dimes and four objects the size of pins. The objects were colored light pink and moved in a straight line from north to south, then northeast to southwest, with a zigzag pattern and one object moving from south to north on a straight line before disappearing at the horizon. Three separate sightings were reported. The observation lasted several seconds. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

West Palm Beach, Florida

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
29 September 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 30/000307

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
several seconds

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three objects square - four objects round - three objects size of dime, four objects size of pin. Color light pink - three objects flew straight line North to South; three northeast to southeast, zigzagged; one object south to north straight line - disappeared at horizon. Three separate sightings.

2. LOCATION
West Palm Beach, Florida

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visited
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
seven

9. COURSE

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
Insufficient data, Possible meteors, possible a/c, multiple witnesses, no breakdown in rpt.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967730