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Project 10073 Record Card — Colonial Hill, Pennsylvania, 15 August 1956

📅 15 August 1956 📍 Colonial Hill, Pennsylvania 🏛 648TH AC&W SQ 📄 Sighting report and teletype
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TL;DR

This document details a 1956 sighting of five black objects in Colonial Hill, Pennsylvania, which were observed through binoculars. Military authorities investigated the incident and concluded that the objects were likely birds.

On August 15, 1956, at 2355Z, a witness in Colonial Hill, Pennsylvania, reported observing five black objects in the sky. The witness, a 31-year-old gas station attendant, observed the objects through binoculars for a duration of sixty seconds. According to the report, the objects were approximately the size of birds. Their flight path was described as heading West, then turning East, and finally disappearing in the North by fading out of sight. The witness noted that there was no sound associated with the objects. The weather conditions at the time were reported as having clear visibility. The incident was documented on a Project 10073 record card and further detailed in a teletype communication from the 648th AC&W Squadron at Benton AFS, Pennsylvania, to various military commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center and the Air Defense Command. The official evaluation of the sighting concluded that the size, color, formation, and behavior of the objects indicated a high probability that they were birds. Consequently, the case was classified as 'probably birds'.

Size, color, formation, manner of disappearance, and cousse of obj observed indicate the probability of birds. Evaluation of this case is probably birds.

Official Assessment

Size, color, formation, manner of disappearance, and course of obj observed indicate the probability of birds. Evaluation of this case is probably birds.

The objects were identified as likely being birds based on their physical characteristics and flight behavior.

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