Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Medford, Oregon, 8 December 1956
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1956 sighting report from Medford, Oregon, describes a round, white object with a streamer. The Air Technical Intelligence Center concluded the object was a meteor.
On 8 December 1956, at 1127Z, a civilian observer associated with Western Airways reported a sighting over Medford, Oregon. The witness described observing a single, round, white object with a streamer traveling north along the horizon. The duration of the sighting was recorded as five seconds. The object was observed at an altitude described as high above 16,000 feet. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with broken cloud cover at 16,000 feet. The report was transmitted by the 25th Air Division at McChord AFB to the Air Defense Command, the Air Technical Intelligence Center, and the Director of Intelligence at USAF Headquarters. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center was that the description, duration, and flight path of the object indicated the sighting was caused by a meteor. Notably, the report includes a remark that the observer believed the object was not a meteor or a comet. The document was later declassified under authority AFR 205-1D.
Description, duration, flight path indicate sighting was caused by a meteor.
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Official Assessment
Description, duration, flight path indicate sighting was caused by a meteor.
The sighting was determined to be a meteor based on the object's appearance, duration, and flight path.
Witnesses
- CivilianWestern Airways
Key Persons
- H. JuntillaSignatory for classification change