ARKANSAS - 1956

Arkansas has some fascinating communities - London, Scotland, and even England dot its forest covered landscape.  An oval shaped object, that appeared flat at times, was seen near England, Arkansas on 23 July 1956 at 1851 hours and was observed for an hour and thirty minutes.

It was described as diamond shaped, looked like a larger star, had no color and no sound. There was a ring around it, and it was bright red underneath.  When it moved it left a trail of white smoke that fell away behind it about 5 times its length.

Mostly it appeared stationary but when it did move it moved to the south (70 kph to 100 kph), as noted by those who observed it over that hour and a half.  They used both naked eye and binoculars. They noted that it was not a balloon and there was no wind at the time.   The case was classed as a sighting of "SPICA."

The next month - on August 28 - at Adona, Arkansas there was a ground visual sighting of an object moving slightly to the SE for an hour.  The file was classed as a sighting of "VENUS."

In October, near Hensely, Arkansas several lights were reported that JOINED - emitted ORANGE sparks and moved in several different directions. They joined together, they rotated positions, they moved apart, and they lined up moving N, then South, and then NW. They were observed to make a 90 degree turn at flank speed.  The file was classed as a "METEOR."