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Project 10073 Record Card — Sapulpa, Oklahoma, 9 June 1956

📅 9 June 1956 📍 Sapulpa, Oklahoma 🏛 Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohi… 📄 sighting_report
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A sighting of a silver, ball-like object near Sapulpa, Oklahoma, on June 9, 1956, was investigated by the Air Force. The incident was officially attributed to aircraft activity in the area.

On June 9, 1956, at 2212Z, a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon occurred three miles east of Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The witnesses, a 15-year-old male student and a 34-year-old female, observed a single, silver, ball-like object for approximately two minutes. The object was described as being the size of a baseball held at arm's length, traveling from east to west at an estimated altitude of 30,000 feet and a speed of 450 mph. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with no clouds and visibility exceeding 20 miles. The report was filed by the 746th ACWRON at Tinker Air Force Base and forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency was that the sighting was likely caused by an aircraft operating in the area, citing the correlation of altitude, speed, color, and duration of the sighting with known aircraft activity.

One ball-like object, silver in color, the size of a baseball held at arms length. Object was estimated to be at 30,000 feet & traveling at 450 mph.

Official Assessment

Due to the fact that there were aircraft in the area of the sighting at the time of the sighting as well as the correlation of altitude, speed, color and duration of sighting, this sighting was probably generated by one of the a/c in the area.

The object was identified as likely being an aircraft operating in the vicinity.

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