Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Fallon Navy Station, Nevada, 6 August 1956
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1956 sighting report from Fallon Navy Station describes an oblong, white and silver object with knobs and bumps. The military concluded it was likely an aircraft undergoing testing.
On August 6, 1956, at 2106Z, a sighting of an unidentified aerial object occurred at the Fallon Navy Station in Nevada. The incident was documented on a Project 10073 record card and subsequently detailed in a joint message form. The witness reported observing a single white and silver object described as oblong in shape. The object featured knobs on its surface and two distinct, ragged bumps on its front. The duration of the observation was approximately 25 seconds. The object was estimated to be at an altitude of 20,000 feet, traveling at a speed of 1,000 mph on a course between 225 and 260 degrees. The object eventually flew out of sight. The official assessment provided by the 23rd Air Division (DEF) and the Air Technical Intelligence Center suggested that the sighting was likely an aircraft in a dive, potentially undergoing testing of a new configuration. No radar contact was reported, and no photographs were taken. The report was drafted by 1st Lt. H. E. Nobland of the USAF.
White and silver, object with oblong shape appeared to have knobs on its surface and two ragged bumps in front.
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Official Assessment
Observation indicates a/c in dive. Possible new configuration undergoing test.
The object was identified as a potential aircraft in a dive, possibly undergoing testing of a new configuration.