Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 100/3 Record Card — Marimont, Ohio, 16 November 1956
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1956 sighting report from Marimont, Ohio, describes a green, tear-drop-shaped object with a red tail. The Air Technical Intelligence Center concluded the object was a meteor.
On 16 November 1956, at approximately 0050Z, a civilian couple in Marimont, Ohio, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witnesses described the object as an apple-green, tear-drop-shaped entity with a red tail, estimated to be half the size of the moon. The object was observed for a duration of three seconds as it performed a vertical descent below the horizon. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear. Although the witnesses were identified, the report notes that a photograph of the event was taken by an unidentified person, though no further details regarding the image are provided. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the sighting was caused by an astronomical meteor, citing the object's description, duration, and flight path as evidence for this determination. The report was processed through military channels, including the 58th Air Division and the 4602nd Air Intelligence Squadron, under the subject 'UFOB'.
Description, duration, flight path and manner of disappearance indicate sighting was caused by a meteor.
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Official Assessment
Description, duration, flight path and manner of disappearance indicate sighting was caused by a meteor.
The object was identified as an astronomical meteor based on its appearance, duration, and flight path.