1956 05 6786146 Oklahomacity Oklahoma
COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled 1956-05-6786146-OklahomaCity-Oklahoma, issued by the United States Air Force under Project One Zero Zero Seven Three on May twenty-ninth, nineteen fifty‑six. The file is notable because it documents an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed over Oklahoma City and includes a contemporaneous Norwegian newspaper report of a similar sighting off the Russian coast.
- Agency
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Date
- JUL 18 · 2026
- Release
- Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
- Source document
- View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1956-05-6786146-OklahomaCity-Oklahoma
Episode notes
COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled 1956-05-6786146-OklahomaCity-Oklahoma, issued by the United States Air Force under Project One Zero Zero Seven Three on May twenty-ninth, nineteen fifty‑six. The file is notable because it documents an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed over…
Source document: https://archive.org/details/1956-05-6786146-OklahomaCity-Oklahoma
Questions about this case
- What was 1956 05 6786146 Oklahomacity Oklahoma about?
- COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled 1956-05-6786146-OklahomaCity-Oklahoma, issued by the United States Air Force under Project One Zero Zero Seven Three on May twenty-ninth, nineteen fifty‑six. The file is notable because it documents an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed over Oklahoma City and includes a contemporaneous Norwegian newspaper report of a similar sighting off the Russian coast.
- Why was this case declassified?
- This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.
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