Whitewater, WisconsinSeptember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 30, 1956, a civilian observer in Whitewater, Wisconsin reported seeing two oblong objects the size of small planes. The objects were white-silver in color. The sighting lasted 10 minutes. The objects disappeared into trees. The Air Force received the report through multiple channels including the 759th Acron at Williams Bay Air Base. The observer was a 34-year-old housewife. Weather conditions were clear with 15 miles visibility. The Air Force evaluation was listed as negative, with comments noting the report contained poor information and insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Whitewater, Wisconsin

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

WI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
30 September 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 30/2009Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
XX No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 minutes

2. LOCATION
Whitewater, Wisconsin

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

6. SOURCE
Civilinn

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
two

9. COURSE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two oblong objects. Size of small plane. Color white-silver. Objects disappeared into trees.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Poor report. Insufficient data for evaluation.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967739