Wethersfield, Essex, England, October 1956October 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

In early October 1956, radar operators at Wethersfield, Essex, England reported numerous ground-controlled approach radar observations of unidentified flying objects. The targets included some the size of a B-36 aircraft on October 6 and more numerous targets the size of an L-20 aircraft on October 6 and 7.

There was no unusual weather on either night. The Air Force marked the case as having insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Wethersfield, Essex, England, October 1956

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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: bo PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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V. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
PAR Gar 0g : FI O Was Bolloon
Octnbel 1956 wethersficl d, Lssex, hig 1110 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
] night 4 . 0 Wos Aircraft
Loca) ce eee Q Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 0 Prabobly Aircraft
% CMT eee 0 AirVisuol O Air-Intercapt Radar o Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTO . SOUR B37: Was Astronomical = © tO!
0 Yes DO Probably Astronomicol
0 Ne vilitary O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENOTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Othe ———
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0D Unknown
nat renogrtac one exploding not roptd
10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : SER
visual sighting of single object which] Object apparen Lly bolide, which
exploded but then kept going with less exploded, Case ovaluated as 2
brilliancy until it faded fm view. meteor sighting on this limited
data.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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