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UFO case file · UFO-28453

Air Visual Over So Carolina And radar-visual unidentified-object report — May 3, 1956

CE1United States1956-05-03

Air Visual Over So Carolina And, Virginia, United States

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Case description

Anderson I was flying from Segin AFB, direct to Rolling AFB and at 20,000 ft and 250 knots, I sighted out by 11 degree (wig wig) and object in the daylight sky about 50 yards off my left wing. It had no apparent movement and we saw it until we lost it behind our left wing. /S/ ROBERT D ANDERSON Lt. The object observed had elliptical shape, an estimated length of 30 to 50 feet, and temperature of cold - Object observed for a period of 20 minutes. Object bearings - Observed 90 deg and 30 deg from true North when first observed. SOURCE'S Memory Sketch: (No memory sketch provided) Here is the full text transcribed from the document: SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 REPORT NO.: ID-JSOE-l, PART THREE AFB: I sighted a cross-country flight from Eglin AFB to Rolling AFB, about 22:00 EST, 10 May 57. This was seen for a few minutes, but in a few minutes the object seemed to accelerate to an even higher rate of speed and soon disappeared from sight. The document text reads as follows: REPORTED VIEWING 77 BRILLIANT LIGHTS IN TIGHT FORMATION OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA THIS REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA WAS REPORTED AT 12:40 AM EST ON APRIL 26 1956. THE OBJECT WAS OBSERVED BY TWO OBSERVERS FROM STATIONARY AT LOW ALTITUDE FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. 2-20-56 (2 RD STATEMENT: [Redacted] of Rock Hill, S.C., reported seeing an orange-red light in the sky on the evening of February 20, 1956. The light was observed for about 15-20 minutes, moving in an irregular pattern. DATE RECORDED: 2-21-56 TIME OBSERVED: 7:30 PM - 7:45 PM. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: OBJECT WAS OBSERVED BY [Redacted] AND HIS WIFE FROM THEIR HOME.

Recorded details

Local time
1030 hrs
Craft description
Egg / Oval; Reported object in Air Visual Over So Carolina And radar-visual unidentified-object report — May 3, 1956; Light Formation
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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