USAF record 28962791 (1955)

UFOB INDEX CARD AISOP-UFOB-228-55

1. DATE 12 July 1955

2. LOCATION Philadelphia, Pa.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] 03h02 July 1955 GMT 13-03h02 July 1955

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

5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION From five to fifteen seconds over a period of 20 minutes.

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Five (5)

9. COURSE See Description

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Five (5), orange (husband) or yellow (wife) objects appeared at intervals over the observers' house. The first two objects seemed to travel north and north-west after appearing in the east. The third object appeared in the north traveling south and the remaining two were observed in the east, traveling east. No visual aids used. The observer was positive that the objects were not aircraft.

11. COMMENTS The sources' descriptions of the objects could possible fit that of a meteorite shower. A neighbor who was also a observer refuses to get excited over the sighting because he dismissed the sighting as "shooting stars." In the opinion of this headquarters, this sighting can be attributed to a possible meteor activity.

AISOP Form 5 (13 Oct 54)