Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Folsom Prison, California, 17 March 1956
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A Project 10073 record card documenting a 1956 sighting of a wing-shaped object by prisoners at Folsom Prison. The event was officially classified as a probable aircraft.
On 17 March 1956, at 0324Z, a sighting occurred at Folsom Prison, California, involving a single, wing-shaped object. The object was described as being black in color and approximately the size of a B-29 aircraft. Witnesses, identified as prisoners on Ground Observer Corps (GOC) duty, reported that the object emitted red and white lights and produced a jet-like noise. The object approached from the southeast, performed a single orbit over the prison, and subsequently departed toward the northwest. The total duration of the observation was four minutes. A preliminary report was submitted via AF Form 112. Based on the criteria for an aircraft-generated sighting, the incident was officially evaluated as a probable aircraft. There is no further report in the file.
One wing shaped object, approximately the size of a B-29 a/c, black in color with red and white lights emitted a jet like noise.
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Official Assessment
sighting has been evaluated as a probable a/c
The object was identified as a probable aircraft based on the report received via AF Form 112.