Wright Patterson AFB UFO Sighting (01 OCT 1956) — AARO Records
A cold war / blue book era case from Wright Patterson AFB. A report examines factors affecting the fluidity and hot cracking of magnesium alloys.
Background
On 01 OCT 1956, in Wright Patterson AFB, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) recorded the unidentified-phenomenon case described below. The case is preserved in AARO’s 2024-2025 publications and consolidated annual reports to Congress, declassified or released in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Defense reporting cycles.
A cold war-era case investigated under the air force’s project blue book or its predecessors.
The case appears in materials produced or curated by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
What the document records
A report examines factors affecting the fluidity and hot cracking of magnesium alloys. The study investigates the behavior of magnesium alloys during casting and welding.
Type of case
The case is a visual sighting reported by ground or air observers.
Status
AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded that they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of recent periods include commercial drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.
Sources
- [Original release on aaro.mil](https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/Information Papers/AAROs_Supplement_to_ORNLs_Analysis_of_a_Metallic_Specimen.pdf)
- AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office)