Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Monthly UFOB Summary, August 1955
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This document is a collection of 1955 UFO sighting reports, military correspondence, and statistical summaries compiled under Project 10073. It illustrates the Air Force's administrative process for handling public inquiries and the challenges of investigating reports that often lacked sufficient data.
This document is a compilation of records related to Project 10073, specifically focusing on UFO sightings reported during August 1955. It includes a variety of materials, such as official military summaries, correspondence from civilian organizations like the Civilian Saucer Intelligence of New York, and press clippings. The primary military component is a monthly summary from the 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron (ADC), which details investigative efforts, including follow-up actions using ATIC Form 164. The document highlights the challenges of investigating these reports, noting that many cases are impossible to verify due to time lags and distorted data. Several specific incidents are detailed, including a report from Lawrence, Massachusetts, where a flaming object struck a house, and a sighting in Chalmette, Louisiana, described as a lenticular device. The document also contains statistical breakdowns of UFO reports, categorizing them by type—such as balloons, aircraft, and astronomical phenomena—and location. A significant portion of the document is dedicated to correspondence between civilian observers and military officials, reflecting the Air Force's process for handling inquiries from the public. The tone of the military correspondence is administrative, emphasizing the need to forward civilian inquiries to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) for action. The document also includes a questionnaire completed by a witness in Melbourne, Florida, in 1966, which provides a retrospective account of a sighting from 1955. The investigator's notes on this questionnaire express skepticism regarding the witness's description, suggesting it may have been influenced by television programs. Overall, the archive serves as a record of the administrative and investigative procedures employed by the U.S. Air Force to manage the influx of UFO reports during the mid-1950s, illustrating the difficulty of distinguishing between genuine phenomena, hoaxes, and misidentified conventional objects.
This case was reported in March-April 1966. Since the actual sighting had occurred some time ago it is almost impossible to check it out. Also due to the time lag the pertinent data has probably become distorted. Therefore this case is considered Information Only.
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Official Assessment
INFORMATION ONLY
The document contains a collection of reports, correspondence, and statistical data regarding UFO sightings in August 1955. It includes summaries of investigative efforts by the 4602d AISS, correspondence from civilian saucer enthusiasts, and lists of sightings categorized by location and evaluation status.
Key Persons
- Rei BernardWitness to object striking house
- Philip DiAdamoSergeant at police headquarters
- Edmund RickardWitness/Reporter
- Sir Harold Spencer JonesAstronomer
- Margaret J. SteeleCol., Director, Public Information