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USAF record 28968399 (1956)

28968399

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PROJECT 100/3 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 16 November 1956

2. LOCATION Marimont, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 17/0050Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Visual [REDACTED] Radar

5. PHOTOS Yes [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION three seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE vertical

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One apple-green tear drop-shaped object, one half the size of the moon. Object had a red tail. Object was noted in a vertical descent below the horizon. Object was observed visually for three seconds. Due to conclusive evidence, no attempt is being made to obtain photo.

11. COMMENTS Description, duration, flight path and manner of disappearance indicate sighting was caused by a meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 53)

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] Balloon Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] Aircraft Was Meteor Astronomical Possible Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

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