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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
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|  18 July 1956 | Arkansas City, Kansas | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 19/0010Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Rador ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Rador | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 40 minutes still in sight | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE drifting SE ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient …

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Arkansas Case
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CM56 LIGHTS
ARKANSAS CITY, KAS., JULY 19-(INS)-SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED "TEAR SHAPED" OBJECTS THAT CAST WEIRD LIGHTS IN THE SKY CAUSED A NEW MYSTERY WHEN THEY WERE REPORTED SEEN FLOATING OVER SEVERAL KANSAS COMMUNITIES EARLY TODAY.

TWO OF THE STRANGE OBJECTS, WITH LIGHTED, DANGLING TENTACLES, WERE VIEWD FOR FIVE HOURS THIS MORNING OVER ARKANSAS CITY BY , HIS WIFE, MR. AND MRS. WHO HAD BEEN FISHING AND THREE POLICEMEN.

WEAR SOLD THE MYSTERIOUS "BULBS" CAST A METALIC BLUE OR BLUISH GREEN LIGHT AND MOVED SLOWLY, FREQUENTLY CHANGING POSITIONS.

WITNESSES IN WICHITA, HUTCHINSON, ELDORADO AND WELLINGT…

UFOB INDEX CARD A1SS-UFOB-191-56

|  1. DATE | 18 July 1956 | 2. LOCATION | Arkansas City, Kansas  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 19/0010Z 23/0610Z Jul 56 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | Still in sight after 40 min. | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One (1)  |
|  9. COURSE | Drifting SE | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | One (1) object, like a star, appearing like a large light bulb, orange with green points, estimated to be at an altitude…

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# 'Great Balls of Fire'
## Stir Saucer Rumors

ARKANSAS CITY, Ark.—Flying saucers made a brief bid for a spot in the news this week. Officials here got word from the Hutchinson, Kans. Naval Air Station that they were using radar to track an artificial light traveling at a high rate of speed.

The Air Force got into the picture, sent a B-47 from Forbes AFB to investigate. They attributed the lights to waste gas torches in a nearby oilfield.

Apparently the case is closed, but some area residents are still mystified by the strange balls of fi…

Case 168, Kansas, July 19, 1936—Said the Denver Post in part: “... the Kansas highway patrol reported radar at the Hutchinson, Kansas naval air station had picked up 'a ball of fire traveling east at a high speed.' A B-47 was sent into the air by Forbes AFB at Topeka to investigate the reports, centering around Arkansas City, Wellington and El Dorado, Kansas. The pilot said he found only 'waste gas torches in an oil field.' Said the patrol, 'The objects stayed in the sky long after daylight; one disappeared around 5:15 a.m. and the other a few minutes later.' Further east near Emporia, a Santa…

July 19, 1956 - Kansas - Several tear shaped objects that cast weird lights in the sky were reported over many Kansas towns. The mysterious objects cast metallic blue or blueish green lights and moved slowly, often changing positions. McConnel Air Force Base at Wichita sent a B-29 bomber, and Smoky Hill Air Force Base sent a two jet plane to investigate. A UFO was also picked up on radar at Hutchinson.

# UFO News Report
By Thomas M. Comella

"Saucers" shattered lull as Mars raced toward Earth: UFO investigators everywhere have predicted that 1956 would be the biggest year yet, Saucer-wise! Un…